Opinions

A comparison of reader surveys then and now shows a slightly more positive view of the sweeping legislation.

Michael Barry, president of Plan Advisory Services Group, discusses how a Chief Fee Officer may help DC plans prevent or win litigation.

Gary Findlay, former Executive Director of the Missouri State Employees Retirement System (MOSERS), discusses fearmongering regarding public pension plans.

Gary Findlay, former Executive Director of the Missouri State Employees Retirement System (MOSERS), says public pension leaders need to get over their fears and do the right thing.

Anna M. Rappaport, FSA, MAAA, a fellow of the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and member of the American Academy of Actuaries, suggests actions to help women better prepare...

Rehabilitation plan surcharges and contribution rate increases can be excluded from withdrawal liability installment payment calculations.

Encouraging terminating participants to leave their assets in the retirement savings system

Solutions from MassMutual are helping employees manage financial well-being and total benefit spend to improve retirement readiness.

If you give retirement plan participants enough good (that is, efficiently-priced) choices, can you include funds in the fund menu that maybe aren’t efficiently priced?

If greater transparency is so good for retirement plan providers, then it’s good for retirement industry regulators too.

Clearly, the DOL listened to criticisms of its conflict-of-interest regulation.

The idea that ERISA mandates only the use of passive management is absurd.

How will Presidential candidate proposals affect the DC plan tax deal?

When a lawyer can prove that a plan fiduciary paid more for the identical service that some other fiduciary paid less for, that first fiduciary gets sued.

Will litigation discourage innovation in DC plan investing?

What happens when premium increases break the current system?

Advances in technology now enable employers to provide a retirement savings road map for each participant by leveraging managed accounts as the QDIA with the help of their...

Previous DOL rules placed improper obstacles between fiduciaries and their legal obligation to serve the best interests of their participants and beneficiaries.

Christy Tinnes and Brigen Winters, with Groom Law Group, answer employer questions about health care reform.

The arc of investment returns bends towards justice.