Opinions

April 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of corporate defined benefit (DB) pension plans has been experiencing unprecedented volatility since 2000 and, for plan sponsors, it’s been...

April 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors can use active share to help them stay on top of three important fiduciary duties.

April 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you’re thinking of adding a Roth feature to your defined contribution (DC) plan, you’re not alone.

April 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ongoing market turbulence and lingering low interest rates have created formidable challenges for pension plan sponsors recently.

April 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With all of the other mandates, notices, and penalties included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), one section went largely...

April 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Home country bias is an epidemic for participants looking to build their nest eggs.

April 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Gen Y, Millennials, whatever you call the demographic cohort born between the early 1980s and early 2000s, they are the largest and most...

April 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors and retirement committees have been examining their pension plans with the objective of “de-risking” the plans to manage future volatility in...

March 31, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it comes to employee benefits, most experts agree that plan failure means wasted dollars, and plan success means objectives met.

March 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Maintaining an investment menu is a somewhat different task than building one from scratch.

March 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One can’t talk about pensions today without discussing de-risking.

March 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent case, Bidwell vs. University Medical Center, details the obligations of disclosure on investment lineups, particularly qualified default investment alternatives (QDIAs) for...

March 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Active share helps plan fiduciaries see how active their managers really are.

March 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Why do retirement plan participants choose bond funds?

March 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There are many factors plan sponsors must consider in selecting the most appropriate and cost efficient retirement plan platform.

March 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has rolled out its next 403(b) Compliance Check questionnaire.

March 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In case you have not noticed, there appears to be a full court press underway to kill public sector defined benefit retirement plans.

March 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Perhaps the most common criticism about employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) is that they are too risky to be good retirement programs.

March 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - How should defined benefit plan investors measure success?

March 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Code section 6056, as enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), requires “applicable large employers” subject to the employer “shared...