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- Investment Guidance Or Advice: Developing The Right Strategy For Your Employees
- Many employees are now anxious for help in managing their retirement accounts. Plan sponsors are equally anxious to help employees, but many are concerned about the fiduciary liability that may be associated with giving investment advice or are baffled by the myriad of advice products appearing in the marketplace. Helping...
- White papers 2003-02-01
- Plan Sponsors: Is Your Retirement House In Order?
- Given the turmoil retirement plans have experienced over the past three years, stakeholders are asking plan sponsors tough questions. To ensure that their retirement plan house is in order, plan sponsors can use the overview provided by this article to examine their retirement program's design, cost and operations. Doing so...
- White papers 2003-09-01
- SUV, Sedan Or Mini—What Are The Best Vehicles For Investing In Today's Real Estate Markets?
- Article states that the investment vehicles available to investors are varied and widespread. While one size does not fit all, investors need to match their investment objectives with the vehicle that provides the best alignment with the sponsor. It is said that in present time, plan sponsors are confronted with...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- New IRS Guidance on 401(k) Safe Harbor Rules Provides Flexibility for Plan Sponsors
- The Internal Revenue Service recently issued additional guidance on safe harbor requirements for 401k plans. Safe harbor contributions formulas became available for most 401k plans beginning with the 1999 plan year. This article discusses safe harbor rules; a plan sponsor does not have to perform the actual deferral percentage ("ADP")...
- White papers 2003-05-01
- Who Are The Investment Fiduciaries For A 401(k) Plan – Part IV
- From the executive summary: ‘In today's 401k world, it is quite difficult to distinguish between fiduciaries and non-fiduciaries. Investment packages for 401k plans have become increasingly more sophisticated and complex. In response, plan sponsors are asking the investment professionals for more assistance in selecting the best investment packages and in...
- White papers 2001-07-01
- Peeling The Onion On 401(k) Expenses
- The retirement plan sponsors have to face a difficult task of determining the ‘true cost' and value of 401k plan. The plan expenses include administration, annual reporting, record keeping, communications, and participant education. Hence, it is essential for a plan sponsor to distinguish between the actual costs and stated pricing...
- White papers 2002-09-01
- Plan Sponsors - Is Your Retirement House in Order?
- The paper outlines that plan sponsors have faced a number of challenges lately in the U.S. Funding requirements, measuring future liabilities, and financial disclosure regulations have troubled them in their efforts to retain pension plans for employees. To ensure that their retirement plan house is in order, plan sponsors can...
- White papers 2003-09-29
- The Value of Auditing Your Long-Term Disability Program
- Many employers have historically audited their health care, pharmacy, and dental programs as a matter of fiduciary and cost due diligence. Plan sponsors are increasingly recognizing that auditing disability programs can maximize their effectiveness and yield direct financial benefits. This paper outlines the benefits of auditing Long-Term Disability LTD programs,...
- White papers 2005-11-01
- Eye on 401(k): When Shopping for a Provider, a Hands-On Approach Will Ensure a Smart Match
- The 401k plan was launched 21 years ago, and today there is an astounding $1.5 trillion invested. Plan sponsors are experienced and fiercely competitive, which is good news for companies looking to make a change. Those that determine their priorities, take a hard look at the firms that seem best...
- White papers 2001-04-01
Additional Resources
- US Airways announces $500 million DIP financing agreement and $240 million plan sponsor equity investment agreement with The Retirement Systems of Alabama;.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-27 September 2002-Company says proposed plan sponsor meets test of "labor friendly" investor; RSA commits to restructure $340 million aircraft debt obligations in company's aircraft debt restructuring program; US Airways Unsecured Creditors' Committee endorses agreements company to seek approval of...
- Research articles 2002-09-27
- The Principal Financial Group Streamlines Plan Sponsor Email; Electronic Mailbox Enhancements Save Retirement Plan Sponsors Time and Reduce Information Overload
- DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Principal Financial GroupR, the nation's 401k leader and total retirement solutions innovator, announces dramatic enhancements to streamline electronic mail to plan sponsor clients. The Principal Message CenterSM -- the Internet mailbox for plan sponsors--has been revamped to provide more efficient access to important reports and...
- Research articles 2004-11-11
- DWS Scudder Unveils Enhanced Plan Sponsor Web Site
- NEW YORK -- DWS Scudder, the U.S. retail division of Deutsche Asset Management, today announces a host of multimedia enhancements to its retirement plan sponsor Web site located at www.dws-scudder.com. The revamped site is designed to support plan sponsors and financial advisors in their roles as fiduciaries and educators, while...
- Research articles 2007-02-05
- Plan Sponsor Sight: Connecting With Your Benefits Delivery Partners
- By considering outsourcing, one hopes to reduce the amount of time spent internally managing benefits programs. And yet, there is the risk losing control, which could result in process pitfalls, miscommunications, and additional time spent managing your outsourced relationship. Hewitt understands. Hewitt Plan Sponsor Sight eases the outsourcing transition and...
- White papers 2002-05-21
- Oregon's Pioneering Spirit Closes Funding Gap, Earns OPERS Plan Sponsor of the Year Award
- STAMFORD, Conn. -- Strong investment performance and bold system reforms have allowed the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System OPERS to close a $17 billion pension funding gap, and earned the system recognition as PLANSPONSOR's Public Plan Sponsor of the Year. "Public plan sponsors have a unique set of challenges,"...
- Research articles 2007-02-07
- ``Ahead of its Time'': IBM Garners Plan Sponsor of the Year Award
- GREENWICH, Conn. -- As American employers struggle to balance traditional responsibilities to worker retirement security amid challenging markets and an uncertain legislative environment, PLANSPONSOR's Plan Sponsor of the Year has consistently been ahead of its time.
- Research articles 2006-02-21
- Hewitt Associates - Compensation and Benefits - Hewitt Plan Sponsor Sight - Brief Article
- Hewitt Associates has developed and launched the Hewitt Plan Sponsor Sight, an online resource for employers that would like to outsource their benefits functions. The online service provides benefits administration and offers employers quick-and-easy access to their organizations' benefits data and statistics. Hewitt plans to save time and resources for...
- Research articles 2001-12-01
- Plan Sponsor Magazine Names State Street Global Advisors Top Provider in First Defined Benefit Client Satisfaction Survey
- GREENWICH, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 6, 1999--Plan Sponsor magazine today announced the results of the publication's annual Defined Benefit Client Satisfaction Survey and the overriding theme is clear -- never underestimate the power of customer service.
- Research articles 1999-01-06
- As Consumer Saving Dips, National Associations Recognize Efforts to Educate American Workers; The Principal Financial Group and Plan Sponsor Clients Earn Top Industry Honors
- DES MOINES, Iowa -- With the national consumer savings rate at its lowest level since the Great Depression, retirement planning and education are more critical today than ever. The Principal Financial Group,R the nation's 401k leader and total retirement solutions innovator, was recently recognized, along with several plan sponsor clients,...
- Research articles 2005-11-03
- American Airlines' Bottom-Line Focus, Top-Down Commitment Earn Carrier Plan Sponsor of the Year Award
- STAMFORD, Conn. -- Enduring one of the more turbulent markets in memory, PLANSPONSOR's Corporate Plan Sponsor of the Year has combined a bottom-line focus with a top-down commitment to its long-term pension obligations.
- Research articles 2007-02-07
- PARTIAL AUTOMATION MIGHT FIX IT: Poor plan design cited as key reason for employees' bad investment decisions.
- SAN FRANCISCO - Two new studies of defined contribution plan sponsors and participants show a wide disparity between plan sponsor plan design and education efforts, and participant investment behavior. The answer, according to both studies, is to mak SAN FRANCISCO - Two new studies of defined...
- Research articles 2001-11-12
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