BrightScope is pleased to announce the launch of the Personal 401k Fee Report, a revolutionary free tool to help all 401k participants better understand the fees they are paying within their 401k plans.

The tool starts by asking participants for some basic information that we need to show participants the impact of fees on their retirement [...]

BrightScope recently released new ratings for over 10,000 plans, and updated ratings for thousands of previously-rated plans. In so doing, we hit a major milestone:
We now have over 30,000 plans rated.
Our rating and analytics become more valuable to our clients and partners when there are more plans included in our system. Due to this fact, [...]

BrightScope is pleased to announce our partnership with Target Date Analytics and the launch of the BrightScope On Target IndexTM.  We encourage you to read today’s Press Release and related coverage:

Press Release

Investment News – BrightScope Launches Target Date Benchmarking Tool

Associated Press – BrightScope, Target Date Analytics form new index

Fund Action – BrightScope, Target Date Analytics, [...]

After months of development and lots of great feedback from hundreds of plan sponsors, advisers, and consultants, BrightScope is proud to announce the launch of the Plan Management Dashboard. We believe that the Dashboard represents a giant step forward in the quest for transparency and high quality benchmarking within the defined contribution marketplace.
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Each year pension plans are required to file an annual report documenting their financial condition, investments, and operations. This requirement is satisfied by filing the Form 5500 Annual Return/Report and any required attachments with the Department of Labor. While the Department of Labor makes the data contained in the Form 5500 filings “publicly available”, BrightScope [...]