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Participants are often told that taking a 401(k) loan or a hardship withdrawal should be their last resort when seeking...

While automatic enrollment and automatic escalation have been touted as effective strategies to get more people into retirement plans and...

Does your tech 'stack' up?

When the goal is long term, stable value can be a winner.

The accompanying data from the 2024 PLANSPONSOR Plan Benchmarking Report, written from our PLANSPONSOR DC Survey, highlight certain elements of...

The Securities and Exchange Commission will likely join the Department of Labor in facing more pressure both in and out...

Question: Does the IRS tax filing relief for disasters extend to plan sponsors whose service providers are in a federally...

Illing Packaging engages its workforce and sees reduced financial stress.

Concern for retirement income planning will shape industry actions.

Both parties and the business community support ‘retirement income’.

How to make sense of fees—and fee disclosures—to ensure the plan’s costs are reasonable.

Adopting of the 2024 provisions is still greatly ‘wait and see’.

Increased availability of data helps sponsors personalize portfolios.

This story has been updated for the magazine. The original can be found here: “A Guide to Buying and Maintaining...

Plan security relies on the vetting of 3rd-party providers.

More than half of all peak Baby Boomers—those born 1959 through 1964—have assets of $250,000 or less so will likely...

The Supreme Court's ruling in Cunningham v. Cornell will determine how the courts treat prohibited transaction pleadings.

How some exceptional plan sponsors are improving their workers’ ­financial health.

A view of the trends and advances that mattered most this year.

Using 401(k) plan forfeitures to offset employer matching contributions has been a long-standing practice permitted by U.S. regulators. But a...