Voices

August 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I recently told someone with whom I used to work that when I was hired by that employer 24 years ago, I believed...

August 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On June 25, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States made its first ruling applying the fiduciary standards of the Employee Retirement...

August 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."- Nelson Mandela

August 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – We recently covered a survey that found most employees say they can feel successful without earning large paychecks.

August 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement industry publications discussing pension risk transfer actions by plan sponsors often fail to mention those most impacted by de-risking: the retirees.

August 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the last several years target-date funds (TDFs) have gained a great deal of popularity, and they are being looked at, poked, inspected,...

August 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Starting in 2014, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits group health plans from imposing an out-of-pocket maximum (OOP max) that...

August 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – “I was just hired by the benefits department of a large university to work on retirement plan issues.

August 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Next month, specifically September 2, will mark the 40th anniversary of the passage of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

August 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The main reason that the funding issues in the public defined benefit pension plan market have reached near crisis proportions for many public...

August 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – 403(b) plan sponsors subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) should be concerned about the fiduciary responsibilities imposed by ERISA.

August 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the first decade of the millennium, we saw market crashes that wiped billions of dollars from the collective funding levels of defined...

August 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – “I work for a large nonprofit hospital, and through a series of acquisitions we have ended up administrating a variety of 401(a),...