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401(k) Roundtable — 273 episodes

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The Future of Investing: Adapting to a New Market Reality

2

Behind the Scenes: How AI Is Transforming Retirement Plans

3

Behind the Curtain on Mergers & Acquisitions

4

Has the Moment for Retirement Income Finally Arrived?

5

The Resilient Market: What 2025 Taught Us About Long-Term Investing

6

Behavioral Finance Meets 401(k): What the Data Says About Defaults

7

Rethinking Retirement: Is the Crisis as Bad as We Think?

8

Engage, Educate, Evolve: Building Better 401(k) Plans for Today's Workforce

9

Predicting Market Pricing Perfection: Pain or Performance?

10

The Future of Private Equity: Growth, Innovation & Investor Access

11

Inside Q1 2025: Market Moves, Global Shifts, and Retirement Impacts

12

Fiduciary Duty Meets Stewardship: Aligning Compliance with Care

13

Modern Plan Design: Navigating 2025's Testing Challenges

14

What's Driving the Market in 2025? Key Insights on Equities, Interest Rates, and What's Next

15

The Evolution of Financial Wellness: Why It Matters in the Workplace

16

Election 2024 Aftermath: Retirement Policies and Market Reactions

17

Business Insights: Navigating the Economic Terrain

18

Transforming Employee Retirement Outcomes with Smart 401(k) Design Choices

19

Are We Approaching The Tipping Point For Private Equity & 401(k) Plans?

20

Should the Financial Markets Guide Your Business (or 401(k)) Decisions?

21

Bonds Behaving Badly, What Happened & What's Next?

22

Are You in The Know About SECURE 2.0?

23

Will Your 401(k) Account Soon Follow You Around?: Automatic Rollovers Coming To A Plan Near You

24

Creating a Foundation for Financial Wellness

25

401(k) Auto Features: The Good, Bad & Ugly

26

Pooled Employer Plans, Canaries & Managed Accounts

27

Thoughts on Market Declines, Parity of Returns & V-Shaped Recoveries

28

Rising Rates, Inflation & The Future of "Cash" In 401(k) Plans

29

401(k) M&A Mania: Beginning of the End, or Just The Beginning?

30

Bitcoin & 401(k) Plans: Logical Evolution or Playing With Fire?

31

ESG Investing & Retirement Plans: The What, Why & How

32

Defending 401(k) Plans: David Levine, Groom Law Group

33

2022 So Far: Looking Back, Right In Front Us and Ahead

34

Does TikTok Have It Right On 401(k) Plans?

35

Thoughts For Employers (& The Retirement Industry) To Better Support The Minority Community

36

Impact & Implications For Inflation & Retirement Plans

37

What Happens When 401(k) Plans Catch-up With Technology?

38

Jerry Schlichter: Retirement Plan Litigation Outcomes & Observations

39

The Business of Being in the 401(k) Business: Employee Education

40

Holiday Shopping, Supply Chain & The Market Impact

41

TINA, The Economy & 401(k) Plans

42

Gen Z & Money: Preferences, Pressures & Predictions

43

Does Infrastructure Spending = 401(k) Changes?

44

Retirement Plan Design - Data, Developments & Decision Drivers

45

401(k) Litigation - Updates, Opinions & Predications

46

Avoid These Three 401(k) Panic Buttons

47

Should Your Employees Save For College or Retirement?

48

Future of 401(k) Plans: Looking Back to Look Forward

49

Inflation: Problem or Opportunity in 401(k) & Other Retirement Plans?

50

Retirement Plan Document Restatement & Other Related Best Practices

51

Preston Rutledge: EBSA Stories, SECURE 2.0 & More!

52

Do We Have A Student Debt or Retirement Crisis?: One, Both or Neither?

53

High Equity Valuations + Low Bond Yields = ??

54

The State of State Run Retirement Plans: A Bi-Coastal Update

55

"Total Economic Worth" and Other Concepts To Help 401(k) Participants

56

Will the Roaring Financial Markets of the 2020's Continue?

57

Has The Pandemic Impacted The Financial Health Of Employees?

58

Small 401(k) Plans: Big Opportunities & Revelations

59

Stable Value Investments: Details, Developments & Direction

60

Retirement Income: Finally, The 401(k) Topic in 2021?

61

401(k) Fiduciary Fundamentals: Retirement Plan Fees

62

What The Hey Is Going On With 401(k) M&A?

63

Politics, The Election & 401(k) Plans: 2020 Edition

64

The Info On Vanguard's Infosys Announcement

65

What Do The Numbers Tell Us About 401(k) Behavior During The COVID-19 Pandemic?

66

SEPs, to MEPs, to PEPs: The Logical Evolution of Workplace Retirement Plans?

67

Will State Retirement Plans Improve the State of Our Retirement Security?

68

Two More Bites At The 401(k) Advice Apple? Exploring Regulation Best Interest & The New DOL Fiduciary Rule

69

Private Equity & 401(k) Plans: The What, When, Why & How

70

Will The Aftermath of COVID-19 Bring More 401(k) Lawsuits?

71

Stimulus Checks + PPP + Zero Interest Rates = Inflation?

72

Student Debt: Updates, CARES Act & 401(k) Integration

73

ERISA Attorney Insights - Contemplating Coronavirus Consequences

74

Strategies To Help 401(k) Participants Overcome Practical Barriers To Retirement

75

How Has 401(k) Behavior Been During The COVID-19 Crisis?

76

Economic, Market & Other Predictions For The Post-COVID World

77

COVID, Divorce, Death & 401(k) Distributions: Don't Discount The Devilish Details

78

401(k) Fiduciary & Litigation Considerations In The Coronavirus Era

79

Managed Accounts & 401(k) Plans:The What, Why, Who & Where Things Are Headed

80

Improving Retirement Outcomes: Control Is An Illusion… Or Is It?

81

Key 401(k) Management Considerations During COVID-19

82

Better Together: Three Concepts To Improve Employer & Retirement Industry Partnerships

83

Exploring Market Volatility: What Recent Events Could Mean For Stocks, Bonds, Oil & More

84

401(k) Managed Accounts: Current State & The Emergence of Version 2.0

85

Employee Data & Cyber Threats: Retirement Plan Issues For the Times

86

SECURE Act: Workplace Retirement Plans Impact & Analysis

87

2020's Perspective: The Death of... Investment Diversification?

88

2020's Perspective: Jerry Schlichter on the Future of 401(k) Litigation

89

2020's Perspective: Will 401(k) Plans Fade or Flourish This Decade?

90

Retirement Plan Trends In Healthcare: Five Prescriptions All Retirement Plans Can Take

91

401(k) Plans & Auto Portability: Should Your Suite of Auto Features Include Rollovers?

92

How Effective Is 401(k) Automatic Enrollment? The Information, Impact & Ideas For Improvement

93

Cannabis Companies & 401(k) Plans: Smoking Out The Challenges & Opportunities

94

Sponsor Spotlight - Farmers Insurance® Tackles Retirement Income

95

The Business of Being in the 401(k) Business: Path Forward For Independence?

96

Frustrated By Complex 401(k) Terms? We'll Help You Clarify If It Is Jargon, Gibberish or Jumbled

97

Caregiver Benefits: Strategies to Take Care of Those Who Care For Others

98

Are Low Interest Rates a Hidden Risk to 401(k) Plans?

99

Aftermath of the DOL Fiduciary Rule: Fred Reish Discusses the Role of the SEC, Best Interest & the States

100

Insurance for Retirement Plan Fiduciaries: Liabilities, Limits & Lawsuits

101

Benefits Plans Fiduciary Responsibilities:: More Than Just Retirement Plan

102

Financial Advice or Wellness: What Has A Bigger Impact?

103

Are Poor 401(k) Word Choices Harming Your Employees?

104

Time to Eliminate Loans in 401(k) Plans?: Balancing Fiduciary Risk, Retirement Outcomes and Employee Perceptions

105

The State of State Retirement Plans: The Golden State Launch

106

Caution: Avoid Target Date Fund Oversimplifications

107

401(k) Self Directed Brokerage Accounts: Fiduciary Considerations

108

Selecting Index Funds: Just Look At Expense Ratios, or Is There More To Consider?

109

401(k) Litigation: Trends That May (or May Not) Fuel Future Lawsuits

110

Student Loan Debt: The Next Economic Crisis or Something Else?

111

Is Your 401(k) Plan Retiree Friendly?

112

401(k) Fiduciary Fundamentals: The Duty To Monitor

113

What Does Chewing Glass & FOMO Have To Do With 401(k) Investment Offerings?

114

401(k) Investment Menu Design In A Slow, Low or No Growth Environment: Fixed Income

115

The Future of Fiduciary... Is Not Fiduciary?

116

The (Exciting) Lifecycle of a 401(k) Plan Document

117

Having a Productive Conversation with a Fund Manager: Why, How & Why Now?

118

401(k) Self Directed Brokerage Accounts: Trending or Trouble?

119

401(k) Investment Menu Design In A Slow, Low or No Growth Environment: Equities

120

The Business of Being in the 401(k) Business: What the Future Holds for TPAs

121

Defending a 401(k) Lawsuit: American Century Case Study

122

What Do People Really Think About 401(k) Plans?

123

What's Next For Automatic 401(k) Plan Features & Behavioral Finance?

124

401(k) Discrimination Testing - Rebroadcast

125

The Business of Being In the 401(k) Business: Gazing Into the Future

126

Exploring The Parallel Universe of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans

127

Guiding Your 401(k) Plan Through Challenging Market Conditions

128

Will Start-up Fintech Companies Engineer A Better 401(k)?

129

The Return Of The 401(k) Boogeyman: Jerry Schlichter

130

Contemporary 401(k) Fiduciary Fundamentals: Jason Roberts

131

Recession, Bear Market & Yield Curve Inversion: Defining Terms & Offering Perspective

132

Assessing Stable Value Investments In Not So Stable Times

133

Rebroadcast - Entrepreneurs & Retirement Plans: Scoping, Selecting & Scaling a Sound Strategy

134

Collective Investment Trusts & 401(k) Plans: The One Question All Retirement Plans Need To Ask

135

Tariffs, Interest Rates & Market Volatility: Time to Rethink 401(k) Investment Menu Design?

136

Block Chain Technology & 401(k): What Is It & How Will It Impact Workplace Retirement Plans?

137

Governmental Retirement Plans: 401(k) Plans Don't Get All The Attention During National Retirement Security Week

138

Workplace Retirement Plan Mega Trends

139

Employee 401(k) Education Has Changed, Has Yours? Challenge Conventional Thinking To Change Outcomes

140

Student Loan Debt: Framing The Challenges & Solutions

141

ESG Investments: Should They Have A Place In 401(k) Investment Menus?

142

How To Reset The HSA Plan Conversation With Your Employees

143

Become An Employer of Choice With Financial Wellness: Three High Value, But Low Cost Impactful Strategies

144

Phyllis Borzi: Lessons From Eight Years At The DOL & Forecasting The Future of Retirement Plans

145

Avoid These Five Common 401(k) Fiduciary Fumbles

146

401(k) Ch-Ch-Changes in 2019: What to Know about Recent Tax Reform, Plan Design, and Financial Wellness

147

Summer Hiatus - Frustrated By Complex 401(k) Plan Terms? We'll Clarify If They Are Jargon, Gibberish or Jumbled!

148

Surveying Employer 401(k) Plan Attitudes & Decisions

149

Where Does Your 401(k) Fit In Benefits Open Enrollment?

150

What If You Are A Good Fiduciary With Bad Governance?

151

Workplace Financial Wellness: All Systems Go Or Failure To Launch?

152

Target Date Funds & 401(k) Plans: Morningstar Research on Tactics, Trends & One Trillion

153

Why Your 401(k) Isn't Free: The Cost of Protection, Innovation & Trains Running on Time

154

The Fiduciary Rule Wipeout: Fred Reish Shares What Happens & What's Next

155

Is Your Retirement Plan Calculator Correctly Calculating Your Retirement?

156

Target Date Funds & Managed Account In 401(k) Plans: Go Together Like Oil & Water or Peanut Butter & Jelly?

157

Top Ten Workplace Retirement Plan Administration Mistakes: What They Are, Why They Happen & How To Fix Them!

158

Are You Playing Too Much 401(k) Fiduciary Defense? How To Tell And Why It's Time To Play Offense!

159

The Workplace Retirement Plan Coverage Conundrum: The Challenge, Perspectives & Opportunities

160

Frustrated By Complex 401(k) Plan Terms? We'll Clarify If They Are Jargon, Gibberish or Jumbled!

161

When 401(k) Participants Go Missing: How Does It Happen, The Impact & What To Do!

162

Can You Create A "Perfect" Retirement Plan? - Rebroadcast

163

To Bundle Or Unbundled 401(k) Administration: Important Questions For An Important Decision

164

The Factors That Factor Into Factor Investing: Everything From the Basics to The Death of Style Boxes

165

Rebroadcast - Life In Retirement Without a Paycheck: Are Your Employees Ready?

166

A Major Workplace Retirement Plan Survey Says... The Sandwich Generation At A Critical Juncture!

167

Washington D.C. Workplace Retirement Plan Update: One Year Of Trump, Tax Reform & Much More!

168

Recruiting & Workplace Retirement Plans: Does Your 401(k) Help Talent Sign on the Line?

169

Embracing Courageous Retirement Plan Design: Conquering Inertia, Eating Elephants and Walking in Your Employees Shoes

170

Going Beyond the Numbers with Target Date Funds: The Importance of Exploring Process, Beliefs & Strategy

171

Keeping the 401(k) Boogey Man Away: A Conversation with THE 401(k) Litigator Jerry Schlichter - Part 2 of 2

172

Keeping the 401(k) Boogey Man Away: A Conversation with THE 401(k) Litigator Jerry Schlichter - Part 1 of 2

173

Ten Thoughts From Nearly 100 Podcast Conversations

174

Five Important Health Plan Trends for 2018: More In Common with Retirement Plans Than You Would Think!

175

Rising Interest Rates & 401(k) Plans: Is it True and What's an Employer to Do?

176

Building a Stronger Retirement Plan Fiduciary: The Importance of Leadership & Stewardship

177

Making The Business Case for Financial Wellness: A Path to ROI, or Nice Try?

178

Avoiding the Bubble in Complacency

179

Changing 401(k) Recordkeepers? Strategies to Make the Process Seamless vs. Stressful!

180

Why Employer Leadership Matters In Workplace Retirement Plans: From Here to Security With Bob Reynolds

181

Identity Thieves, Hackers & Phishers: Real or Remote Workplace Retirement Plan Threats?

182

Learning From 401(k) Participants' Questions & Actions

183

Learning to Love the Roth 401(k): How They Work and Where They Fit in the Retirement Tool Belt

184

Outsourcing Your 401(k) Fiduciary Responsibility: Can You, Should You & Why Would You?

185

Real Estate & 401(k) Plans: Investment Menu Diversification or Fiduciary Dilemma

186

Your Employees & Retirement Planning: Where Can (or Can't) They Go For Help?

187

401(k) Changes Are in the Air... Or Are They?

188

401(k) Plan Audits: Truth vs. Myth - Rebroadcast

189

Input from a 401(k) Expert Witness: Does Your Fiduciary Process, Mindset and Foresight Matter?

190

Active Investment Management in Retirement Plans: Can a Prudent Fiduciary Only Select Index Funds Now?

191

Morningstar Research & Common Workplace Retirement Plan Assumptions

192

Retirement Income is the Outcome: Will Your Employees Outlive Their Savings?

193

Entrepreneurs & Retirement Plans: Scoping, Selecting & Scaling a Sound Strategy

194

Target Date Retirement Funds: Morningstar Shares Insights For Retirement Plan Fiduciaries

195

Inspirations, Reflections & Aspirations: The 401(k) Fridays Podcast at 75

196

Global Retirement Benefits: Does Our 401(k) Plan Work Outside the U.S.?

197

401(k) Border Crossings: Time to Expand or Restrict International Investment Choices?

198

A Broker, Cowboy or Consultant: Which Type of 401(k) Advisor Are You Working With?

199

State Retirement Plans: The Road Ahead for California Secure Choice

200

Can You Create A "Perfect Retirement Plan"?

201

Helping With Your Employees Debt… Opportunity or Over Stepping?

202

Robots & Retirement Plans: Exploring FinTech & Workplace Retirement Plans

203

The IRS & Your 401(k) Plan

204

Updated - The DOL & Your 401(k) Plan

205

Behavioral Finance & Workplace Retirement Plans

206

The Business… of Being in the Comprehensive Retirement Business

207

Retirement Plan Design: The Next Frontier

208

Has the Index vs. Active Management Debate Finally Been Won?

209

Does the Data Support a Current or Future Retirement Crisis?

210

Removing Internal Roadblocks to Participant Retirement Readiness

211

Is Your Retirement Plan Unattractive to ERISA Plaintiffs Attorneys?

212

The State of Retirement, State Plans and What the Data States!

213

Insuring Fiduciary Risk: Core Concepts, Dispelling Myths and Mistakes to Avoid

214

401(k) M&A, Grace Periods, Controlled Groups & Discrimination Testing

215

Five Compliance Considerations For Your Wellness Programs

216

State Sponsored Retirement Plans - The Why, What and If For Employers

217

401(k) Discrimination Testing - At Least Five Strategies to Improve Results!

218

Sponsor Spotlight: Cisco Systems

219

Take Two of These and Call Me in the Morning!

220

Are #Trending 401(k) Topics Helping or Hurting Your Employees?

221

The Trump Administration & Retirement Policy

222

Intersection of Company Culture & Employee Benefits

223

Four 401(k) Trends Too Big To Ignore in 2017

224

The Future of Work & Retirement - Rebroadcast

225

Are You Running Your 401(k) Committee Wrong - Rebroadcast

226

Evaluating 401(k) Consultants in 2017? Then Avoid These Common Pitfalls!

227

Do Third Pillar Investments Belong in Your 401(k) Plan?

228

Is Your 401(k) a Savings Plan or a Retirement Plan?

229

Making Sense of the Economy, Market & Your 401(k) Plan for 2017

230

Part 3 of 3: Fundamentals of 401(k) Investment Menu Design

231

Why Pivot From 401(k) Education to Financial Wellness?

232

Student Loan Debt: Perspectives on the Challenges & Solutions

233

401(k) Investment Vehicles Beyond Mutual Funds

234

Recent 401(k) Litigation & DOL Activity

235

Cyber Security & Your 401(k) Plan: Real or Theoretical Risk?

236

Part 2 of 3: Fundamentals of Investment Menu Construction

237

Financial Wellness: Passing Fad, or... the Future?!

238

Should I Stay... or Should I Go?

239

401(k) Plan Data: Transforming Information, into Insights!

240

Do's & Don'ts of Global Retirement Benefits

241

Part 1 of 3: Fundamentals of 401(k) Investment Menu Construction

242

HSA Plans: A Retirement Benefit in Disguise?

243

401(k) Fiduciary Fundamentals and Freebies!

244

Everything is About to Change! Profiling the Future of Work & Retirement

245

The Business... of Being in the 401(k) Business

246

401(k) Litigation: What Employers Need to Know

247

Industry Profile: Higher Education

248

Life in Retirement Without a Paycheck

249

Sponsor Spotlight: KinderCare Education

250

401(k) Plan Fees: Can Benchmarking Determine Value & Reasonableness?

251

Take a Trip in the 401(k) Time Machine!

252

Learning From Your 401(k) Participants Questions & Actions

253

Three Key Pillars of Target Date Fund Evaluation

254

401(k) Plan Loans: Necessary, Evil or .....?

255

Genders, Generations & 401(k) Plans

256

Impact of Rising Interest Rates on Your 401(k) Investment Menu

257

How Employer Culture and Leadership Creates Successful 401(k) Participant Outcomes

258

Reevaluating your 401(k) Capital Preservation Strategy

259

New DOL Conflict of Interest Rule: What Employers Should Know

260

Employer 401(k) Behavior Determines Employee Retirement Outcomes

261

401(k) Plan Design Made to Fit

262

Industry Profile: Manufacturing

263

How Washington D.C. Will Impact Your 401(k) Plan in 2016

264

A Misunderstood Fiduciary Risk in Your 401(k) Plan

265

Are you Running Your 401(k) Committee Meeting Wrong?

266

Sponsor Spotlight: Mission Linen Supply

267

Balancing Employee and Employer Goals in your 401(k) Plan

268

Should You Work With an ERISA Attorney?

269

Industry Profile: Not-For-Profit Healthcare

270

401(k) Audits - Truth vs. Myth

271

The DOL & Your 401(k) Plan

272

The Markets and Your 401(k) Plan

273

Redefining 401(k) Participant Engagement