Contributions Could Be Capped in 2015 Budget
March 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The White House proposed budget for 2015, slated for release March 4, again wants to...
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John Hancock Names National Mid-Market Director
March 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Jim Brockelman will rejoin John Hancock Retirement Plan Services as national director, mid-market.
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Yale Law Professor Again Targets Industry Fees
February 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Yale Law School professor known for making waves in the retirement industry released a...
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Physicians Need a Financial Check-Up
February 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Even with stronger earnings and savings rates than the general working population, an analysis from...
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Ways Plan Sponsors Can Encourage Employees to Save
February 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In honor of “America Saves Week,” Prudential Retirement suggests ways plan sponsors can help their...
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Time Is Ripe for Next Big All-ETF 401(k) Provider
February 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An innovator in the offering of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in 401(k)s is selling its intellectual...
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Collective Investment Trust Takes TDF Approach
February 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investment services provider American Century Investments launched a collective investment trust (CIT) designed for defined...
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DC Plan Sponsors Drawn to Alternative Investments
February 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Hancock Investments is seeing defined contribution (DC) retirement plan clients add alternative mutual funds...
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Most 401(k) Plan Fees Declining or Flat
February 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In 2013, costs for small retirement plans decreased, while those for larger plans remained flat.
DOL Acts to Distribute Terminated Plan Assets
February 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has received a consent judgment and order allowing it to...
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Fidelity Sees Continued Growth of 401(k) Balances
February 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Financial services provider Fidelity Investments finds the average 401(k) balance has continued to increase, ending...
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DC Plans Important to Retirement Security
February 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution (DC) plans are an important part of the U.S. retirement system, says a...
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Encouraging Savings Without a Match
February 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An employer match contribution can encourage participants to save in retirement plans, but for those...
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Plan Design Meets Big Data
February 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new tool from J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services gives sponsors and advisers a data-driven...
Participant Transfer Activity Unchanged in January
February 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – For defined contribution (DC) plan participants, average daily transfer activity in January remained unchanged from...
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The Next "Best Thing" in Retirement Plan Offerings?
February 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Over the past couple of weeks, two retirement industry providers have introduced offerings they purport...
DOL Cracking Down on Unremitted Contributions
February 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) announced enforcement efforts against two retirement plan sponsors that failed...
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Most DC Participants Maintained Status Quo in 2013
February 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most defined contribution (DC) retirement plan participants stayed the course with their asset allocations as...
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Thinking "Small" About Plan Design
February 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – For smaller plan sponsors, there’s a range of plans to consider.
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Great Recession Batters Gen X
February 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Members of Generation X, those born between the early 1960s and the mid-1980s, have seen...