Benefits

July 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - C-Change, a national cancer coalition of leaders from the government, business, and non-profit sectors, is launching an initiative encouraging companies to assure their...

July 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Whirlpool Corporation has filed a lawsuit in federal district court seeking judgment that its modification of retiree medical benefits will not violate collective...

Stable value funds are the "Linus Blanket" of the retirement services world, or at least that's how participants thought of them in the eighties, says Mark Woolhiser, Principal...

At PLANSPONSOR's 2008 Plan Designs conference, Rob Portman, Former Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and U.S. Trade Representative and Congressman, discussed some of the challenges...

Plan sponsors often see helping participants save for retirement as their primary goal, but they are increasingly concerned about helping those participants find a good solution to manage...

Most plan sponsors and advisers will agree that the majority of their participants are unprepared to manage their retirement accounts, and are rarely equipped with the information necessary...

According to John Low, Regional VP at Nationwide Financial, when most people think about benchmarking, the first thing that comes to mind is fees.

New fee disclosure requirements are changing the way plan sponsors and providers do business; regulations are being evaluated as plan sponsors renegotiate fees and services, not knowing if...

A new level of customization has arisen in asset allocation solutions, according to panelists at PLANSPONSOR's 2008 Plan Designs conference.

The target date space is evolving rapidly," said Jeb Graham, Retirement Plan Consultant at CapTrust; "I think that from a benchmarking standpoint we're at the same place 401(k)s...

Within the retirement services community, the duties and responsibilities implicit for fiduciaries are often unclear, leading some to be unsure of whether or not they are, in fact,...

One of the chief concerns for plan sponsors and providers, besides getting their participants to a successful retirement, is making sure they are not sued for their attempts.

Thinking about retirement - from finding a plan to determining a deferral rate - can be daunting for those unfamiliar with the process.

For many plan sponsors, the limits of their obligations and responsibilities for their participants are unclear.

On the first day of the 2008 Plan Designs Conference in Chicago, Illinois, Nevin Adams, PLANSPONSOR's Editor-In-Chief, welcomed attendees to "Hot Topics," an interactive presentation on the foremost...

The release of the 409A regulations clarified the legal and regulatory structure being imposed on the non-qualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans without making them less complicated to administer,...

When deciding to benchmark retirement programs, plan sponsors are faced with considerations of why, when, and how to do it.

Plan sponsors must navigate the available options to find the plan investments best suited to their participants' needs while also being aware of the associated risks and their...

Plan sponsors and advisers know them by many names - ranging from "ERISA budgets" to "fee-capture accounts" - but many do not understand the restrictions that surround the...

Recent legislation and regulatory action is pushing plan sponsors and providers to offer increased disclosure about fees and other issues.