Recent research challenges the conventional wisdom of DC plan management but may reflect evolving changes, not repudiation of past practices.

A Vanguard researcher tackled the conventional wisdom that could improve participation since there wasn't data to support it.

Even sponsors that don't offer an employer contribution are finding ways to entice employees to participate in their retirement plans.

Most plan sponsors that implemented the IRS' new hardship withdrawal rules have not seen an uptick in hardship withdrawals.

Some DC plans are hiring fiduciaries or keeping company insiders off committees that govern company stock shares in retirement accounts.

Record keepers in the U.K. have had to step up their efforts to protect participant data from cyberrisks under new regulations.

Plan sponsors are moving quickly to satisfy new IRS regulations that will make it easier for participants to take hardship withdrawals.

Perhaps the only issue caused by the IRS' new hardship withdrawal regulations is that plan sponsors will have to amend their plan documents.

Polish leaders have designed a flagship DC savings plan with a Nobel prize-winning behavioral science theory to incentivize participation.