Tag: Defined Contribution

Benefits | May 18th, 2011

Half of DC Plan Participants Invest in Asset Allocation Funds

May 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In research recently completed by Spectrem Group with defined contribution plan participants about half (50%)...

Benefits | May 18th, 2011

DC Plan Participants Investing in More Funds

May 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On average, defined contribution plan participants included 5.3 funds in their accounts in 2011 --...

Benefits | May 11th, 2011

More Participants Staying Put in Retirement Plans

May 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The share of defined contribution plan participants that stopped making contributions in 2010 was significantly...

Reader Responses | May 5th, 2011

SURVEY SAYS: Which Would Your Workforce Most Prefer – DB or DC?

May 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Gary Findlay’s column earlier this week triggered a couple of interesting comments – and a...

Benefits | April 22nd, 2011

Workplace DC Offering Key to Retirement Readiness

April 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research from the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) shows that being eligible to...

Benefits | April 15th, 2011

SPARK Finds DC Participants Paying Attention

April 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to the 2011 Retirement Market Update by the Society of Professional Asset-Managers and Record...

Benefits | April 15th, 2011

Retirement Plan Market on the Upswing

April 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong performance across all equity sectors coupled with positive returns in the bond markets helped...

Benefits | March 21st, 2011

DC Participant Accounts Grew Despite Recession

March 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the substantial market and economic shock of 2008–2009, defined contribution (DC) retirement plan savings...

Investing | March 10th, 2011

DC Participants Followed Market in Q4 2010

March 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fourth quarter defined contribution participant transfer activity appeared to be driven to some extent by...

Deals and People | March 9th, 2011

Russell Appoints Head of DC Business

March 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Russell Investments has appointed Richard Davies as managing director, defined contribution (DC).

Deals and People | March 8th, 2011

Lincoln Names DC Products Leader for Small Market

March 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lincoln Financial Group announced the appointment of Michael Conte as Vice President, Small Market Business...

Benefits | February 7th, 2011

Study Paints Detailed Portrait of Fortune 100 DC Plans

February 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Towers Watson research report paints a detailed picture of Fortune 100 defined contribution...

Products | February 3rd, 2011

MSSB Offers Benchmarking Services for DC Plans

February 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley Smith Barney announced its retirement plan services offering now includes detailed fee and...

Deals and People | January 24th, 2011

PLANSPONSOR Unveils Plan Sponsor of the Year Finalists

January 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Each year, the editors of PLANSPONSOR magazine, the industry’s leading resource for pension...

Benefits | January 13th, 2011

Mercer Suggests 2011 New Year’s Resolutions

January 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer has released its list of suggested New Year’s Resolutions for defined contribution sponsors.

Benefits | January 5th, 2011

A “New” Savings Approach for Participants

January 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – I got an interesting email yesterday from a plan sponsor about a...

Investing | January 4th, 2011

DC Sponsors Ready to Bring on Their Game in 2011

January 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution plan sponsors intend to implement improvements in company contributions, use of automatic features,...

Benefits | December 31st, 2010

Memorial Health Halts 401(k) Match

December 31, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Memorial Health will suspend its matching contributions to employees’ retirement accounts for...

Benefits | December 14th, 2010

Comparing DC Plan Behavior of For-Profit and Not-For-Profit Employees

December 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While a comparison of retirement savings behaviors of for-profit and not-for-profit employees found more similarities...

Deals and People | November 10th, 2010

Lincoln Hires VP for Large Market DC Biz

November 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lincoln Financial Group announced that Sharon Scanlon has joined the company as Vice President and...