Research Reports

This expanded and improved study, compiled by IOMA's Managing 401(k) Plans newsletter research and editorial team, reveals clear and concise data to help you manage your plans efficiently and effectively.

By combining survey results and analysis with case studies, how-to tips and interviews with experts in one comprehensive report, Today's Best Practices in Managing 401(k) Plans gives you the knowledge you need to recommend and implement appropriate cost-cutting solutions for your plan.

It covers key issues such as:

• What new 401(k) plan fees can now be charged to participants
• How to prepare for and resolve a DOL plan audit
• 10 compliance errors 401(k) plan sponsors should avoid
• Key plan benchmarks that define plan structures, matches, asset classes and advice
• 10 best ways to control 401(k) plan costs
• 15 Key questions to lower the cost of fiduciary risk
• New PSCA survey quantifies company contributions to 401(k) plans
• How do your 401(k) plan fees stack up?
• Using annuities to enhance retirement security
• Exclusive research: How sponsors select & retain funds & share info with participants
• Warning signs your 401(k) adviser may not be independent
• Participant attitudes and their role in deferral rate choice
• Stable value funds in wake of subprime mortgage crisis
• IRS proposal for Safe Harbor Rule for auto-enrollment plans
• What to consider in selecting/monitoring target date funds
• Survey: PSCA quantifies current 401(k) plan contributions
• News briefs and latest case studies
• And much more

Plus, you get fingertip access to detailed charts, graphs, and tables that will enable you to make the best possible decisions in managing your 401(k) plan.

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