Tag: Plan design

Plan advisers seeking to help participants make suitable investment decisions and execute those decisions efficiently over time often turn to automated solutions.

Advisers to retirement plan sponsors should regularly help their clients update communications strategies to keep up with participants’ needs and advancing technology.

Changing workforce demographics are driving retirement plan policy and law, says Fred Reish, chair of the financial services ERISA team at Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP.

EBRI’s latest survey data shows Americans are gaining confidence in some important areas related to retirement planning, but people realize they could do more to prepare.

Retirement Clearinghouse (RCH) hopes it newest service innovation will have as big of an impact on retirement plan participant outcomes as the introduction of auto-enrollment.

The IRS encourages plan sponsors to include completed reference lists with determination letter applications.

New safe harbor correction methods related to automatic enrollment features in defined contribution plans are being implemented by the Internal Revenue Service.

Retirement plan sponsors that omit any steps in the voluntary compliance process must reapply for the IRS program and pay a fee.

The retirement landscape has changed, especially when it comes to market characteristics and how individuals want to live when they're retired.

A federal appellate court found a plan administrator cannot change the calculation of early retirement benefits for participants who terminated under an old version of the plan document.

Vanguard has announced a new tool, My Plan Manager, designed to make retirement plan sponsors’ plan data more accessible and actionable so they can help participants reach retirement...

New York Life Retirement Plan Services added new transaction functionalities to its mobile application for retirement plan participants.

Automatic enrollment is touted as a must-use feature for defined contribution retirement plan sponsors to increase plan participation, but many plan sponsors cannot use this feature.

Retirement readiness is the loser when participants take distributions before retirement, says BMO Retirement Services in a white paper.

Financial wellness programs can cut stress and increase productivity in the work force, new research suggests, especially when employees receive more holistic financial education.

A report suggests employers that use automatic enrollment in their defined contribution retirement plans may be using deferral and match rates that offset the costs of higher participation.

The IRS has released a publication to help tax-exempt and governmental entities choose a retirement plan.