Tag: Defined Contribution

May 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many defined contribution retirement plan participants are not using target-date funds (TDFs) as designed.

May 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A handbook aims to help plan sponsors understand key issues as they meet their fiduciary...

May 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In an open letter to the Department of Labor, the Retirement Advisor Council contends the...

May 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Whether their plan is soliciting requests for proposals (RFPs) or not, plan officials have the...

May 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Aon Hewitt’s 401(k) Index shows April was another light trading month for defined contribution (DC)...

May 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sponsors of qualified retirement plans in the small-plan market—particularly those that work with an adviser—express...

May 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Most investors do not know if they’re receiving investment advice or being sold a product,...

May 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More workers are satisfied with their retirement benefits now compared with five years ago, but...

May 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Seyfarth Shaw, a law firm specializing in employment and benefits law, unveiled a new Employee...

May 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Simply measuring the average participant’s retirement savings shortfall will not help employers improve plan outcomes,...

May 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The smallest of employers are gaining enough confidence in the economic growth of their businesses...

April 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Consulting firm Mercer appointed Scott Jarboe as the next leader of retirement-related consulting services in...

April 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employee benefits and financial services consulting firm Mercer added four new hires to its senior...

April 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than half of retirees say they have withdrawn funds from retirement accounts, usually to...

April 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Segal Group revealed plans to expand the firm’s defined contribution (DC) retirement plan services...

April 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined benefit (DB) plans still make up the majority of primary retirement savings vehicles for...

April 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution (DC) plan participants seem committed to keeping their savings in tact as DC...

April 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new analysis from Putnam Investments, reviewing years of income replacement projection data, finds many...

April 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The debate over investing in actively managed funds versus passive index funds will probably go...

April 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – White Oak Advisors has named Rick Bindler as practice leader and lead consultant for its...