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August 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Yesterday's Tuesday Trivia offered a sense for the average number of times people hit their snooze alarm before rising.

These days, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) is sometimes referred to as the "Pension Destruction Act." That's too harsh an assessment, IMHO, but it certainly has...

Without question, asset-allocation solutions—particularly target-date fund solutions—are well on their way to becoming a dominating force on retirement plan menus.

August 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Believe it or not, it's August - the "middle" of summer, the middle of vacation "season" (let's face it, you're either taking one,...

Last week, no fewer than a dozen industry trade organizations put their collective heads together and tried to help the Department of Labor—which has been working on a...

July 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Here we are, July almost over (sorry for that reminder), smack dab in what is generally regarded as the middle of vacation "season."

July 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week we asked readers what regulatory clarity you were most anxious about.

July 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Our bonus question this week had to do with the Harry Potter "phenomena" - at least by some measures.

I was on a panel at our recent Plan Designs conference, and the topic of qualified default investment alternatives (QDIAs) came up.

July 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We've been reading lately how some employers are moving to put the business back in business casual - or at least finding themselves...

Last week the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a 67-page report titled "Conflicts of Interest Involving High Risk or Terminated Plans Pose Enforcement Challenges."

June 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A week from yesterday is the Fourth of July - and, unlike many of our national holidays, you can't really in good conscience...

With all the tact of a law professor dressing down a first-year student, U.S. District Judge John Shabaz of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Let's face it - no matter how much people try to rationalize it, gas prices appear to have lost connection with sanity, if...

June 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sunday is Father's Day - and while every Dad has his own special set of qualities that make him unique and special -...

June 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Whether it's the omnipresent headlines about global warming, the soaring prices at the pump, or just a general desire to do the "right"...

May 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of the most common defined contribution plan metrics of success is the level of participation in the plan, and for good reason.

May 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It may have snuck up on you, but Monday is Memorial Day, traditionally viewed as the beginning of the summer vacation season, in...

Plan sponsors who think the Pension Protection Act's automatic enrollment safe harbor represents an easy solution to disappointing participation rates may have another "think" coming, according to the...

May 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of the options noticeably absent from the Department of Labor's qualified default investment alternative (QDIA) proposed regulations was a stable value and/or...