Magazine Articles

A growing number of plan sponsors are defaulting participants into asset-allocated funds. Is this the shape of things to come?

Looks like a hard slog ahead for growth stocks

Airlines want Congress to give them special breaks to keep their pension plans going. If they do not, some warn, bankruptcies loom

Jimmy Adams et al. v. The Brink's Company, et al.

Risk management tips from plan sponsors who've gotten religion

SEC and DoL examine consultant conflicts

The monitoring of lifestyle options

Georgia firm shores up compliance efforts with new toolset

Employee Stock Purchase Plans (ESPPs) are another form of equity-based compensation that have proven to be popular at firms with a strong ownership culture. ESPPs, which can facilitate...

Stock plan administration boldly enters a new phase

Whether it is better to receive options or restricted stock depends primarily on two things: first, how the company's stock performs after the options or restricted shares are...

FASB rule change sets off quest for a better valuation model

Different Strokes on Golf

A PLANSPONSOR roundtable with three key players from Intuit Inc. and the chief executive officer of EEI.

Without needed changes, our defined benefit system may fail

As I have pointed out in previous columns, 401(k) investment fiduciaries are legally responsible for the prudence of participant investment decisions, as well as for the suitability of...

A new generation of ETFs emerges

Will ETFs catch on with 401(k) plans?

Time to trade out those retirement plan mutual funds?

Like your firm, no doubt, we tend to staff for need, with no "cushion" for coverage—so, when someone is out, "alternative" arrangements must at least be considered. In...