Opinions

Today’s range of available glide paths in target-date funds (TDFs) provides retirement plan sponsors with more choices, yet spurs the need for more effective due diligence programs.

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

October 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) charges pension plans a portion of their underfunding each year.

October 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Smart beta is fast becoming a popular approach for providing retirement plan investors with a different, yet systematic, equity exposure than that offered...

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week marks the annual celebration of National Save for Retirement Week, an initiative promoting the importance of offering and participating in employer-sponsored...

October 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There is now substantial research to document the existence of the so-called low volatility anomaly.

October 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The transition from defined benefit retirement plans to a retirement plan landscape in which employees are responsible for their own investment decisions has...

October 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There have been many articles that have detailed the vast differences between the various off-the-shelf target-date strategies for the defined contribution mid-market.

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

October 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Should hedge funds replace fixed income investments? This question has been top-of-mind for many corporate defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors as they await...

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

September 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Too often retirement planning is focused only on the investment aspect of a retirement plan, with little attention given to the true long-term...

September 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Objectively, how good is your retirement plan? Without some comparative analysis, how would you know?

September 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - “O Captain! My Captain,” words about leadership, about standing up for what is right, about America.

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Code section 6056, as enacted by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), requires “applicable large employer members” subject to the employer “shared responsibility” mandate...

September 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mobile usage in the U.S. is at an all-time high as Americans check their phones upwards of 110 times a day.

September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A rapidly growing contingent of pension consultants and larger plan sponsors are abandoning spreadsheet- and paper- based reporting in favor of web–based analytics...

September 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recently we sat down with Jillian, a new college graduate just launching her career and planning on starting a family, who wanted our...

September 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Target-date funds (TDFs), or lifecycle funds, have become the default, do-it-yourself investment option in retirement plans for people who do not know what...

September 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I’ve spent 30 years working in the financial services and nonprofit sectors, surrounded by capable, intelligent and driven women.