Author: Andrea McLane

It's not your responsibility to check the accuracy of your employee's beneficiary designations, but it might be a good idea to start anyway.

Wondering what's trending in the retirement plan design world? Wonder no more ...

Plan sponsors and Third Party Administrators have been without access to a structured set of guidelines to help them adequately substantiate hardship distribution claims – until now.

If you aren’t taking advantage of today’s retirement plan trends you could be missing out on key opportunities that could drive even greater results. Find out if you are doing enough to prepare your employees for retirement.

Can you believe December is only a few days away?! It’s true. And that means it’s time for 401(k) plan sponsors to buckle down because the deadline to provide year-end notices to employees is Dec. 1. Read on to learn what information you must provide to your employees.

As a retirement plan administrator, plan fiduciaries often consult me about different investment vehicles. They ask if they can invest plan assets in investment classes beyond the traditional stocks, bonds and mutual funds and include investments like limited partnerships or real estate in their portfolios. The answer isn’t always clear, but as with many fiduciary … Continued

President Obama’s State of the Union address included initiatives to improve and enhance retirement programs. And while he was putting his finishing touches on the address last week, Plansponsor.com asked pension plan administrators what plan options they would like to see enacted, and which they would like to see “get lost.” The survey revealed a … Continued