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What’s a safe harbor 401(k) plan?
Does your traditional 401(k) plan have trouble passing the nondiscrimination tests? Want a retirement plan that’s easier to administer? A safe harbor 401(k) plan could be the answer. Learn why.
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Helping unlock better outcomes with effective retirement plan design
Find out how your retirement plan design can help drive better outcomes and improve retirement readiness.
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Stretch match 401(k) design: motivating participants to save more
Stretch match 401(k) contributions can encourage participants to save more for retirement. Learn the basics of this plan design option and factors to consider.
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How we can make retirement plans better
CEO Wayne Park reflects on the retirement plan industry's mission and the three jobs we need to accomplish to help us achieve that mission.
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Understanding 401(k) plan sponsor responsibilities when employees leave a job
Plan sponsors are responsible for helping departing employees understand their 401(k) options when leaving a job. Learn guidelines to help them decide.
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What’s a cash balance plan, and is it right for my business?
Pairing your 401(k) with a cash balance plan can help your executives and key employees maximize their retirement savings. Learn how cash balance pension plans work and factors to consider to help you decide if this approach may be right for your business.
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Five ways to boost your retirement plan’s ability to help retain employees
Your retirement plan can be an better resource for holding onto valued employees. See how to design in compelling advantages for active, long-term participants.
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What’s a dynamic QDIA—and how might it help participants?
With a dynamic QDIA approach, a plan sponsor can start off participants in one default investment option and switch them to another in later years. See how this design option can fit the needs of participants as they get older.
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A framework for analyzing 401(k) plans with key HCE populations
HCEs pose a unique challenge for 401(k) plan sponsors. Our framework provides a starting point for diagnosing the opportunities and limitations highly compensated employees face in a 401(k) plan—and, ultimately, for designing a better solution.
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How to track retirement readiness with income replacement ratios
We take a look at a popular measure of participant progress—the income replacement ratio—to assess how participants are doing and share ideas for using it to help improve your plan.
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