Employer Strategies

In a more volatile market, DC plan sponsors should be thinking about where they are going to find alpha, says Anne Ackerley, managing director of BlackRock.

EBRI CEO Harry Conaway, speaking this week at the NAPA 401(k) Summit in Nashville, says employers need to embrace the growing benefit trend to help keep and attract employees.

The 3% deferral rate in nearly half of auto-enrolled plans is simply too low, says State Street Global Advisors’ Melissa Kahn.

Strategies such as narrowcasting can help you develop a website that creates opportunities for prospective clients to find you.

The DOL’s rule is good news for plan sponsors, but many are still confused, says registered investment adviser Robert Lawton.

Employees will feel visible and valued when acknowledgement is personalized, says CSI International Performance Group’s Pete Psichogios.

As fiduciary awareness grows, CITs, which often have lower fees than mutual funds, are poised for growth.

Benefits issues can lead to diminished productivity, finds new research, as workers spend an average of three and a half hours a month dealing with healthcare issues at work.

Getting employees to understand and participate in their financial future is all about the language, say industry experts at this week's NAPA 401(k) Summit in Nashville.

Workers without access to the benefit are three times more likely to delay, or put off entirely, needed medical care for themselves and almost twice as likely to forgo medical care for their family members, according to new research.