Plan Sponsor Risk Management Strategies

Plan Sponsor Risk Management Strategies

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Retirement plan risks cannot be avoided, but they can be managed in order to minimize their impact on plan participants and sponsors. Employers and sponsors that offer defined contribution (DC) plans have a fiduciary responsibility to measure, manage and mitigate the various factors and risks that could affect those plans.

Protecting a retirement savings plan and its assets requires effective governance. The need was particularly intensified in recent years by several employee class action lawsuits scrutinizing employer governance of 401(k) and other defined contribution plans (e.g., 403(b) and 457).

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The Importance of Plan Governance

The Importance of Plan Governance

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A 401(k) or other qualified retirement plan is a necessity for many companies who wish to remain competitive and improve employee satisfaction and retirement readiness. Yet because of a business owner’s many other needs and tasks, managing and improving a plan is often pushed off. However, as the plan sponsor, their fiduciary responsibility demands authority and a high level of responsibility that can’t be neglected. This is where the help of a retirement plan consulting firm comes in, providing plan governance to consistently manage the retirement plan to keep it running efficiently and effectively.

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