Tag: Plan Design

Mobile-optimized sites with transaction capabilities are slowly but surely entering the retirement planning picture, according to Corporate Insight research.

NFP, a broker and consultant, announced the expansion of NFP Marketplace, its private exchange for workplace health care benefits.

 

A survey from Towers Watson reveals some emerging and growing trends in defined contribution plan design, investments, fees and communications.

More than three-quarters of large and midsize U.S. employers that sponsor 401(k) and 403(b) defined contribution (DC) plans say retirement...

More than three-fourths of retirement plan sponsors surveyed give their plans a grade of A or B, but only 61%...

Letitia James, New York City’s public advocate, is readying legislation that would create a board tasked with studying and establishing...

Microsoft had a desire to help participants optimize benefits usage and their retirement readiness.

Average health care costs are expected to increase by 5.5% to $11,304 per employee in 2015, according to Aon Hewitt.

 

The rise of defined contribution (DC) plans as the primary retirement vehicle for U.S. workers over the past few decades...

Augmented reality technology via a mobile application (app) from Transamerica Retirement Solutions can help drive up retirement savings. 

In an effort to diversify their portfolios, institutions are making sizable investments in real assets and are planning to increase...

Some retirement plan provisions can create headaches for plan sponsors.

October 31, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes" -...

October 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Automatic enrollment has been shown to increase the number of employees who save in their...

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If one of your retirement plan participants wanted to establish a drawdown strategy for retirement...

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Higher education institutions that offer a 403(b) or Roth 403(b) plan are adopting practices that...

October 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - America’s pension system slipped two places and has fallen to 13th in the world in...

October 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Higher education institutions are continuing to improve their retirement programs, a survey finds.

October 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Objectively, how good is your retirement plan? Without some comparative analysis, how would you know?

October 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With all of the talk of a looming retirement crisis, it’s easy to forget that...