Benefits

April 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement plan sponsors can do more to increase the power of participant account statements as a retirement savings communications tool.

April 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The hottest issue for those in the retirement benefits industry right now is benefit adequacy, according to Fred Reish.

April 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers want to offer employees a good health care plan, but many have concerns about their ability to control key factors impacting the...

April 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than half of retirees say they have withdrawn funds from retirement accounts, usually to cover short-term expenses, without a strategy in place...

April 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined benefit (DB) plans still make up the majority of primary retirement savings vehicles for U.S. municipalities, research reveals.

April 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Only about half of U.S. small businesses polled say they both understand and are prepared for changes called for by the Patient Protection...

April 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution (DC) plan participants seem committed to keeping their savings in tact as DC accounts make up a growing percentage of U.S....

April 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new analysis from Putnam Investments, reviewing years of income replacement projection data, finds many retirement savers missed out on recent market surges...

April 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Human capital is a key factor in asset allocation, says David Blanchett of Morningstar Investment Management.

April 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Total compensation for chief executive officers (CEOs) at the nation’s largest corporations remained relatively unchanged in 2013, Towers Watson finds.

April 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Regulations designed to encourage small employers to offer employees health benefits could be improved, research suggests.

April 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – How Americans read and how much they read appears to be connected, according to the results of a recent poll.

April 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The push for establishing mandatory access to workplace retirement savings provides important insights into the path advocacy groups must take to influence national...

April 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Data does not suggest a strong connection between increases in contribution limits and the creation of new retirement plans, according to a U.S....

April 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The economy’s influence on the adjustments being made to executive reward programs is decreasing this year.

April 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers are scaling back designs for their medical plans due to taxes related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (or ACA),...

April 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nearly half of American workers feel stressed about their finances, although worry seems to diminish among those seeking professional advice.

April 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Increasing health care costs are predicted to exceed the Social Security benefits of middle-class American retirees, new research finds.

April 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) — Sure it's good to achieve a "comfortable" retirement, but one investment manager says many retirement plan participants are struggling to achieve even basic...

April 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A study by the National Association for Retirement Plan Participants (NARPP) finds a low level of financial literacy among retirement plan participants.