If you’ve not yet registered for the 16th Annual Qualified Plan Fiduciary Summit, please take a couple minutes to register now. We’d love to see you there, where we’ll talk about the various developments described below . . . and more!

Take a look at what happened last month and what’s ahead in the market and economic environment. Check out the latest Month in Review.

How sponsors of defined benefit pension funds can enhance their maintenance of those offerings, plus considerations for including DB plans in the total retirement planning picture.

Employers depend greatly on their advisors and consultants – called “gatekeepers,” in a new retirement income white paper that says 83% of plan participants said their employers should offer in-plan retirement income options.

“That reasoning was flawed.” With those four words, the Supreme Court of the United States reaffirmed that retirement plan fiduciaries’ responsibilities apply independently to each investment option. Offering a lot of investment options does not eliminate the responsibility related to each of them. Offering some cheap investment options does not excuse expensive ones. Offering some [...]

A qualified plan sponsor’s decision to make the Roth contribution feature available to its employees is no longer an emerging trend. The Roth contribution availability has emerged, solidified its presence, and appears to be here to stay. Many would include it among plan sponsor best practices. Some consider it a competitive arrow within the talent [...]