Issue Intro |April-May 2018 A Bellwether The choice of plan design elements adopted by plan sponsor nominees slowly evolves each year and acts as a bellwether for retirement plan growth overall.
Cover |April-May 2018 2018 Plan Sponsors of the Year Honoring the winners of the nine categories of plans: five segments of corporate 401(k); two segments of nonprofit DC; public...
Feature |April-May 2018 2018 PLANSPONSOR Service Stars Before selecting a new recordkeeper, plan sponsors need to gain a good understanding of the processes and procedures that providers...
UpFront |April-May 2018 Personalizing Financial Education The programs that employers offer their workers, for the most part, do not speak to each individual’s particular situation.
Cover | Rethinking Savings Goals Considering participants who want to save the maximum to their 401(k).
UpFront |February-March 2018 Fiduciary Concerns When Debating Managed Accounts The pros and cons when considering the fund.
UpFront |February-March 2018 Fidelity Plays Hardball with Vanguard An announcement linking Fidelity and Vanguard draws attention towards asset fees.
Insights |February-March 2018 Happy 25th! This year, at PLANSPONSOR, we celebrate a milestone—25 years since our debut issue, in 1993.
Survey Says |February-March 2018 Most Effective Industry Changes Which retirement industry development over the past 25 years has been the most effective for improving retirement outcomes, and which...
Compliance Update |February-March 2018 Compliance Update Summaries of the latest news from Washington and the courts—what’s coming, what’s contemplated and what’s critical for plan sponsors to...
UpFront |February-March 2018 Participation Paves the Way to Success Studies find those who have never participated in employer-sponsored retirement plans are much less likely to plan for retirement than...
UpFront |February-March 2018 Helping Workers Measure Retirement Readiness Employers should know how to help workers achieve retirement readiness, including how to measure their progress, so all will be...
PS Coach |February-March 2018 Nondiscrimination Testing The rules keep plans from favoring highly compensated workers.
ERISA Examination |February-March 2018 Whose Expense Is It Anyway? What may and may not be paid for with plan assets.
Plan Profile |February-March 2018 In the Beginning The founder of PLANSPONSOR discusses what led to its creation.
Behavioral Finance |February-March 2018 Sandwiched Between Supporting kids and aging parents can derail workers’ retirement.
Investment Focus |February-March 2018 What Lower Fees Reveal As investment and recordkeeping costs retreat, questions arise.
TDF Analysis |February-March 2018 Tactical Latitude To increase flexibility in an asset allocation, some fund managers add the capability to employ a specifically chosen tactical deviation.