
2021 PLANSPONSOR Plan Adviser of the Year Nominations Open
Nominations for the 2021 PLANSPONSOR Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year awards may be made by plan sponsor clients, employers, brokers/dealers of eligible advisers, as well as from working partners of these advisers.
Portman’s Retirement Will Cap a Career of Retirement Advocacy
With two more years left in what will be his final term in the U.S. Senate, the question now becomes whether Rob Portman can help secure another round of retirement reforms.

Some Say Union Revival Could Address Retirement Insecurity
2021 Plan Sponsor of the Year Nominations Are Open
Do you work with, or know of, a plan sponsor that deserves recognition for going above and beyond? Consider nominating them for a 2021 PLANSPONSOR Plan Sponsor of the Year award.
BPAS Introduces PensionEase
The offering includes participant recordkeeping and compliance monitoring.
Above and Beyond: The 2020 PLANSPONSOR Plan Sponsors of the Year
The Plan Sponsor of the Year annual awards program, run by our sister publication PLANSPONSOR, recognizes retirement plan sponsors that show a commitment to their participants’ financial health and retirement success.

15th Anniversary of RPAY: Stace Hilbrant
UPS Defeats ‘Actuarial Equivalence’ ERISA Challenge
The defense has prevailed on technical grounds in a lawsuit that argues plan sponsors should be required to use fresh mortality and interest rate assumptions when converting between the standard and alternative forms of annuities to be paid out by a pension plan.

PANC 2019: Unlocking the Retirement Income Dilemma
Sponsors are beginning to be willing to adapt their plans to accommodate retirees' lifetime income needs.
Senators Ask the Administration Why It Has Flipped on Retiree Payout

Will Retail ETF Popularity Ever Translate to Retirement Plans?
PGIM Fixed Income Experts Promote LDI Strategies for Pension Protection
Liability-driven investing is growing more important as pension plans broadly move into a phase where they are not growing but instead need to be focused on meeting their benefit obligations.
DB vs DC Outcomes Determined by Generosity, Design
The increasing prevalence of automatic enrollment and solutions making 401(k) plan assets more easily portable are two reasons why DC plan outcomes can compete with DB plan results.

Pension Plan Glide Paths Need to Evolve
PANC 2018: Transformation in the Small Business Market
Significant transformation is happening in the small business retirement plan market; what does this mean for the fiduciary adviser community?
‘Women’s Pension Protect Act’ Seeks DB-Like Protections for DC Plans
Democratic Senator Patty Murray says her bill would be a strong first step toward addressing some of the key hurdles facing women as they save for retirement in defined contribution plans; there are also proposed protections for part time workers and lower income individuals.
DISRUPTION: Time to Consider an OCIO for DC Plans?
When HR and Finance Get Together, DC Plan Results Follow
According to Josh Cohen, a big part of PGIM’s strategy as a DCIO provider is to foster conversations across plan sponsors’ own organizations, “presenting them with a framework for frank and practical discussions between the HR and finance functions.”
Adviser Survey Closes End of Day – Take To Be Eligible for Top 100 Advisers
Once again this year, in an attempt to minimize the number of surveys we ask you to complete, we have combined the Top 100 questionnaire with our annual Retirement Plan Adviser Survey. The deadline has been extended through the end of the day.
DC Plans and Health Care Employers First Movers into ESG Investing
Of the 12% of institutional investor respondents to a recent survey who have incorporated ESG, most are DC plans, and more than half are healthcare-focused organizations.