Plan Sponsors Shift Focus From Cost-Cutting to Cybersecurity
As cost pressures ease, sponsors are prioritizing data security and embracing artificial intelligence to personalize and future-proof the 401(k) experience.
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Plan Sponsors Interested in Plan Designs and Programs that Enhance Participant Wellness
Despite most plan sponsors feeling a strong responsibility for employees’ financial well-being, programs such as emergency savings, student loan repayment...
Large Plan Sponsors Highly Satisfied With Advisory Services
Nearly all plan sponsors surveyed by Callan offer some form of investment guidance to participants.
Plan Sponsors Remain Focused on Workforce Retirement Benefits
Repositioning defined contribution plans as income programs could be the best path forward, according to a recent MetLife study.
Plan Sponsors Increasingly Offer Financial Adviser Services
Participant demand for adviser services is driving demand, according to MFS.
Funds, Fees and Financial Wellness
Callan’s annual DC survey identifies trends from 2023 and forecasts for ’24.
Empower Reports Year-Over-Year Growth in Workplace, Wealth
CEO Ed Murphy says the firm is on the lookout for wealth-related acquisitions and notes 500 employees were hired into...
Student Loan 401(k) Matching: A Case Study
T. Rowe Price and engineering consultancy Kimley-Horn detail the steps that went into offering a student loan match in 2024.
Advisers’ Value to Clients, by the Numbers
PLANADVISER and PLANSPONSOR research highlights what the relationship between plan advisers and plan sponsors can bring.
Client Retention Today
401(k) marketers and advisers give tips on business development in an age of compressed fees, social media and busy schedules.
Training New Advisers for Client Retention
Newcomers need guidance from seasoned counterparts, but they should also be ready to jump in impromptu.
SECURE 2.0: Provisions, Mandates and Uncertainties
Experts review the road map for current and upcoming dates of the retirement legislation.
Conduent to Transfer $2.7B in HSA Assets to HealthEquity
The business processes outsourcing provider will exit the flexible spending account business, and plan sponsors' accounts will transfer to HealthEquity...
How Pennies, Instead of Percents, Can Drive Participant Engagement
An adviser and plan sponsor discuss the way simplicity and communication turned around retirement saving fortunes at California’s Bicycle Casino.
7 Questions Advisers Can Ask Plan Sponsors in Q4
Vestwell’s director of plan design consulting shares a playbook of options advisers can discuss in year-end plan meetings with longtime,...
Fidelity Finds 22% of Plan Sponsors Actively Searching for New Adviser
Among those looking, 38% they were seeking an adviser offering more extensive services.
Advisers Can Leverage Plan Sponsor Openness to Plan, Investment Changes, Research Finds
Plan sponsor interest in areas such as reenrollment, in-plan retirement income, and financial wellness programs have grown, finds JP Morgan...
NYC Pension Funds File to Dismiss ESG-Related Lawsuit
Attorneys are seeking to dismiss allegations that retirement funds were jeopardized due to divestment from securities of fossil fuel companies....
Plan Sponsors Want More Automatic Retirement Features to Help Unengaged Participants
A TIAA survey of 80 plan sponsors points to the need for plan sponsors, advisers and providers to provide a...
Cogent: Advisers Should Lean Into 401(k) Cost-Cutting Conversations
A new Cogent report shows plan sponsors are more likely to direct heightened scrutiny, including cost-cutting, toward their retirement plans.