micro scope
Connecticut legislation may create the first state-administered retirement plan for small businesses, but will it cut out advisers and TPAs?
cover story
cover story
regulatory radar
ERISA accounts offer a "new" way of offsetting plan costs
investment-oriented
With no industry consensus on how to benchmark target-date funds, what can advisers do?
trendspotting
Fiduciaries may have disclosure mandate not specified in law
viewpoint
Does employee education still matter?
trendspotting
Sponsors lack confidence about plan fees
retirement income
The retirement income space offers advisers a wealth of choices in determining how to service the market
intro
Fees, retirement income, QDIAs, and 403(b)s offer advisers sales and service opportunities
hot off the presses
New products, highlights, announcements
noteworthy
Two special conferences you won't want to miss
trendspotting
Success depends on relationship-building skills
trendspotting
MetLife's latest Annual Employee Benefits Trends Study found that the workplace has become the dominant starting point for building a strong financial safety net
profile
Fielding Miller, CEO, CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
sales champ
Partnering with providers to increase your value proposition to clients
trendspotting
Collective funds next trend in plan investments
fiduciary fitness
The DoL offers a new safe harbor for small-plan contribution deposits
dean's list
"How much" alone is not enough
trendspotting
The percentage of workers very confident about having enough money for a comfortable retirement decreased sharply, from a mere 27% in 2007 to fewer than one in five (18%) in 2008, the biggest one-year drop in the 18-year history of the Employee Benefit Research Institute's (EBRI) Retirement Confidence Survey.
talking points
Tired of giving the same old presentations? Use these nuggets of information to spruce them up.
beyond (k)
The view from the 403(b) summit
trendspotting
Articles that appeared in the Trendspotting section of the magazine
chalk talk
What your client needs is someone to help him understand his fiduciary responsibility