Fees: 401(k) Services Market Heating Up. Yesterday, we wrote that the least expensive retirement plan fund option isn’t always the best. That goes for plan service providers, too. Fees are ...

During a recent Fiduciary Education Program at Fordham University Fred Barstein, Founder of The Plan Sponsor University (TPSU), interviewed one of the program attendees who as Director of Human ...

Plan sponsors have a lot of questions and moving parts when 401k and 403b record keepers and even advisors are changed. But rarely does the company they consider questions ...

With retirement on more people’s mind as baby boomers prepare to leave the work force and Millennials unsure about the future of Social Security, it’s no wonder that defined ...

401k plan sponsors are charged with acting as a prudent expert when managing their ERISA plan, a role that many in the under $250 million market are ill equipped ...

To most outsiders, the defined contribution (DC) market appears confusing and complicated. But there are just three service models for 401k and 403b plans to choose from. Let’s review ...

In the popular science- fiction film, Rise of the Machines, against all odds, humans prevail over their artificial intelligence robot counterparts. In a “life imitates art” moment, the stagnation ...

With interest rates low, mergers and acquisition activity is brisk even for smaller and middle market companies. Sometimes overlooked in the mergers and acquisitions process are the 401k and other ...

What is the difference between a record keeper and a third party administrator? In a recent article by Brightscope, they asked the question about the differences in service providers, ...

The former HR Director at a 50,000-employee company, now with a smaller employer, attending a TPSU program at Virginia Tech in Arlington, VA explains how his company’s changing 401k ...