SURVEY SAYS: What's Your Favorite PSNC Topic?
February 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hopefully you’ve noticed that we’ve posted up the agenda (and registration) for the PLANSPONSOR National Conference.
Voices
SURVEY SAYS: What's Your Take on Asset-Based Fees?
February 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For years now our industry has relied on asset-based fees; first to provide compensation for asset management services, and now for – well,...
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What About the New External Review Requirement?
February 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We are receiving a number of questions on the new external review requirement, which is effective for plan years beginning on or after...
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Sailors, Drunks, and Women
February 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the real world, being treated as "special" can wind up being a burden.
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Growing over 100 Participants
February 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – A tax-exempt organization in 2010 grew to have 110 participants (including both active and terminated) in its 403(b) plan, while prior to...
SURVEY SAYS: Who is Your Favorite US President?
February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Now, realizing that there is often a difference between the kind of people you might want to sit down with and share...
SURVEY SAYS: What's Your Favorite "Live" Album?
February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Of late I have been taking a musical trip down memory lane with a live album by a group I hadn’t heard in...
SURVEY SAYS: With Which U.S. President Would You Like to Have a Refreshing Beverage?
February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Monday is Presidents’ Day, and while it’s a day set aside to recognize all those who have led this nation, some stand out...
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Must Premiums for Young Adults be the Same as for Other Adults?
February 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – This week a reader asks a question about the new dependent child coverage requirements.
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IMHO: Service Charges
February 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As Valentine’s Day approached, you may have seen a series of increasingly ubiquitous advertisements for a certain online florist.
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Tips on Discrimination Testing
February 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – A (b)lines reader writes: “Our 403b plan has just failed the annual ACP discrimination testing.
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403(b)s: Plan Compliance and Plan Design are Connected
February 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - “Compliance coordination” is a term that has special importance to 403(b) plans today, in part due to changes made in the final...
SURVEY SAYS: What Was Your Favorite Super Bowl XLV Commercial?
February 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Super Bowl XLV certainly had its share of memorable moments – a good game, record viewership, and the now infamous “lyrics malfunction” by...
BONUS SURVEY SAYS: What is "Your Song?"
February 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With luck, you know this already – but Monday is Valentine’s Day.
(b)lines Ask the Experts – When a Deferral is not “Elective”
February 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – “I was told that the “mandatory” salary reduction contribution provided for in my employer’s 403(b) plan does NOT count against the 402(g)...
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What About the Nondiscrimination Testing Exception for Smaller Employers?
February 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – This week a reader asks about the nondiscrimination testing exemption for smaller employers.
SURVEY SAYS: Who's Your Pick for Super Bowl XLV?
February 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Come Sunday, the nation will turn its attention (if not its TV/radio) to - the Super Bowl.
BONUS SURVEY SAYS: Why is Your Super Bowl Team Your Super Bowl Team?
February 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - People root for Super Bowl teams for a variety of reasons - and sometimes no reason at all.
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Where is the Prototype Program?
February 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – “What happened to the 403(b) prototype program we were expecting last year?”
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Maintaining Non-ERISA Status for 403(b)s
February 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many 403(b) sponsors that have maintained their plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act safe-harbor exclusion are now questioning whether this is...