SURVEY SAYS: Favorite Vacation Spots
Not all vacations are taken in the summer, but it is the typical vacation time.
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SURVEY SAYS: Thoughts About the PPA
The 10th anniversary of the passage of the Pension Protection Act (PPA) is coming up.
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Barry’s Pickings Online: Getting Our Priorities Straight
Encouraging terminating participants to leave their assets in the retirement savings system
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Delaying RMDs When Switching to Controlled Employer
“I work with the retirement plan of a private university that sponsors an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) 403(b) plan.
SURVEY SAYS: Career Paths to Retirement Industry
During a dinner at the PLANSPONSOR National Conference celebrating the 2016 Best in Class 401(k) Plan designees, conversations turned to the career paths that led folks into the...
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Must Participant Loans Be Paid Upon Termination?
“Our recordkeeper insists that the final loan regulations require repayment of the loan upon termination of employment, but I have argued with them that this is not the...
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Solutions to Help Employees with Retirement Readiness
Solutions from MassMutual are helping employees manage financial well-being and total benefit spend to improve retirement readiness.
SURVEY SAYS: Dress Codes at Work
We recently covered a survey that found employees prefer a casual dress code at work.
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Can Plan Sponsors Reduce Fiduciary Liability?
“I am a fiduciary for our ERISA retirement plan. Can I reduce my fiduciary liability or even eliminate it entirely?”
SURVEY SAYS: Summer Reading List 2016
Each year, we ask NewsDash readers to share what is on their summer reading list.
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Barry’s Pickings Online: Investment Choice and Fee Litigation
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?
(b)lines Ask the Experts – What to Do with Proxy Statements
“We just received a proxy statement, along with a request for voting, for one of the investments held in our company’s ERISA 403(b) plan. What should we do...
SURVEY SAYS: Taking Retirement Savings Prematurely
Plan leakage is a concern for defined contribution (DC) plan participants’ retirement readiness.
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Can Tips for Reviewing SPDs Be Used for Other Plans?
“I recently read your Ask the Experts Column ‘Tips for Reviewing SPDs.’
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Can Church Plan Employees Contribute More?
“Are there still rules that allow church employees to contribute more than they might normally be able to do under the existing contribution limits?”
SURVEY SAYS: Awkward Conversations with Co-workers
I once had to tell a co-worker that people were avoiding her and talking about her because she didn’t wash her hands after using the restroom.
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Tips for Reviewing SPDs
“We just received a draft summary plan description (SPD) for our retirement plan for review.
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Can States Sponsor 403(b)s and 401(k)s?
“I realize that a state may sponsor a 457(b) plan, and such plans appear to be quite common.
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Barry’s Pickings Online: Transparency for All
If greater transparency is so good for retirement plan providers, then it’s good for retirement industry regulators too.