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  401(k)s: Is participation more important than deferral rates?

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  December 14, 2012

  Research suggests that boosting deferrals is indeed the more significant metric in building success in retirement plans, though it may require some participant education.

• Cross-platform retirement plan monitoring tool debuts

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  October 3, 2012

  Plan sponsors (and providers) can scope out the competition with a tool demonstrating participant-level online and offline experiences with their DC plans.

• Retirement plan advisors will see huge growth over next 3 years

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  August 28, 2012

  Advisors who work with retirement plans will see double-digit growth in the next three years.

• Short retirement enrollment meetings keep 'em engaged

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  July 25, 2012

  A 10-minute retirement plan enrollment session is more likely to get people to sign up than a long, drawn out benefits meeting, according to Diversified.

• Diversified releases retirement plan road map for plan sponsors

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 11, 2012

  Diversified is giving plan sponsors advice on how to design their plans to optimize employee retirement savings.

• 3(21) fiduciaries more popular among plan sponsors

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  November 9, 2011

  Plan sponsors are increasingly looking for investment advisors who can shoulder some of the fiduciary burden related to offering employee retirement plans. More frequently they are turning to companies that offer fiduciary coverage under section 3(21)(A) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

• Automatic features becoming more popular among large retirement plans

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  October 27, 2011

  Nearly half of large companies, with more than 1,000 employees, automatically enroll employees in their retirement plans, and an additional 36 percent are considering implementing this feature, according to Diversified’s Report on Retirement Plans-2011.

• Plan sponsors to rely more on advisors

  July 25, 2011

  As the retirement plan industry comes of age and enters a period of relative calm following a period characterized by tumultuous economic, socio-cultural and regulatory change, experts predict the growing role of retirement advisors will be one of the most noteworthy changes the industry will see over the next five...