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NAGDCA Launches ‘Perspectives in Practice’ Benchmarking
Data collection is underway for the new benchmarking service, with rollout aimed for summer 2016.
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DC Optimization Can Help With Workforce Management
A quality retirement plan can help companies retain top talent and attract highly skilled new employees to offset the talent...
Sponsors Can Benefit From Their Own Analysis of Portability
The portability of lifetime income products has increased tremendously in recent years, leaving plan sponsors with a lot of outdated...
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Folio/KTRADE Partner to Offer Enhanced Plan Design
The partnership will give DC plan sponsors and their advisers a better way to avoid conflicts of interest, manage plan...
DB Plan Assets Down Slightly in 2015, DC Plan Assets Up
Retirement accounts held the bulk of target-date mutual fund assets as of the end of 2015.
Education Changes Are Likely With Stronger Fiduciary Rule
The “education carve-out” is considered by retirement plan providers to be one of the most high-stakes elements of the fiduciary...
Retirement Confidence Continues Rising
Access to a retirement plan helps boost individuals' confidence in their ability to retire, according to EBRI’s latest data.
(b)lines Ask the Experts – What Is a Prohibited Transaction?
“I work in the benefits office of a large museum. Our recordkeeper mentions on a fairly frequent basis that they...
2015 Lightest Trading Year on Record for DC Plans
Aon Hewitt attributes this, in part, to the prevalence of target-date funds in DC plans.
Most Gen Xers Dismal on Retirement Hopes
According to an IRI study, about three-quarters of Generation X doubt they will have enough money to support themselves throughout...
When Selecting TDFs, Sponsors Overlook Allocation
They are too focused on short-term performance and fees, MFS finds.
Reenrollment Gets Participants’ Portfolios on Track
It also can result in much lower investment costs for participants, a Vanguard case study shows.
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Barry’s Pickings Online: Retirement Savings Tax Policy
How will Presidential candidate proposals affect the DC plan tax deal?
Overconfidence Drives TDF Misuse
Participants may need even more education surrounding target-date funds and account choices to avoid misusing the investment, says a new...
Stretching the Match a Motivation to Save More
Research finds many retirement plan participants use the match as a guide for how much to save in their plans.
DC Participant Withdrawal Activity Down in 2015
Only 2.9% of DC plan participants took withdrawals in the first three quarters of 2015, compared with 3.1% during the...
Analysis Shows a Shift in Fortune 500 Retirement Offerings
From 1998 to 2015, the percentage of Fortune 500 employers offering a traditional, final salary DB plan to most newly...
Trustees Ordered to Restore Misused Funds to Profit Sharing Plan
A DOL investigation found two officers of Alliance Home Healthcare transferred and distributed more than $1.6 million from the company’s...
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Ameritas Launches Net Asset Value Retirement Plan Platform
The retirement plans division of Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. announced the launch of Ameritas GPS, a “fully transparent mutual-fund based...
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Moving to Limit Loans
“Our plan currently allows for unlimited loans from a participant’s entire...