MassMutual Sees Participants Returning to Equities
August 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The greatest proportion of participant assets in plans administered by MassMutual's Retirement Services Division is...
Tag: Defined Contribution
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When Markets Get Cold, Many Participants… Do Nothing
August 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite fears participants would flee their workplace retirement savings plan during the worst of the...
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Retirement Assets Equal One-Third of U.S. Household Assets
August 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans held $13.4 trillion in retirement assets at the end of the first quarter of...
Court Approves Use of DB Surplus to Fund DC Plan
August 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that an employer had the right to use...
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DC Plan Balances Cut 15% by Downturn
August 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Median asset levels in defined contribution and IRA/Keogh plans dropped at least 15% from year-end...
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SunGard Retirement Platform to Offer iShares Trading
July 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SunGard has teamed up with iShares to launch a solution to help advisers and third-party...
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Multiemployer DC Plans Are Complements to DB Plans
July 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Segal Study of Multiemployer Defined Contribution Plans indicates that multiemployer DC plans are primarily...
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New Plan Offering Provides Access to ETFs
July 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Longview Financial Advisors, LLC and Folio Institutional announced that Longview has launched Klear(k), a new...
DC Spending Pulls Ahead of DB Spending
June 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time, employers' median spending on defined contribution (DC) benefits in 2008 topped...
Workplace Plans Hold 65% of Total U.S. Retirement $$
June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Newly released data from the Investment Company Institute (ICI) indicates that 65% of total U.S....
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Participants Stay Put Despite Market Declines
June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the volatility of the stock market in the first quarter of 2009, most plan...
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Brandeis Suspends Plan Match for a Year
May 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Brandeis University has announced plans to suspend its retirement plan match for faculty and staff...
DC Plans See Widespread Equity Losses in Q109
May 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer's first-quarter 2009 Defined Contribution Universe Summary found losses in all equity markets during the...
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New Survey Finds Darker Plan Sponsor Mood
May 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A May 2009 survey by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) found more...
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Cash Balance Surpasses Traditional Pensions in Fortune 100
May 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time, the majority of Fortune 100 companies now offer new salaried employees...
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NPR Makes Benefits Cuts
April 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Facing a decline in corporate sponsorships, National Public Radio announced layoffs and benefits changes in...
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UK Pension Participants Rely Heavily on Default Investments
April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2009 PensionDCisions Sponsor Default Investment Strategy Survey finds that on average 81% of UK...
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NC College Expense Cuts Includes Retirement Contributions
April 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Meredith College President Maureen Hartford sent out a letter to faculty, staff and students on...
Top DC Sponsor Concerns: Safety and Inflation
March 31, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey by investment firm PIMCO finds that defined contribution plan sponsors are most...
Retirement Market Loses Nearly a Quarter of Assets in 2008
March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total U.S. retirement market assets, including both defined contribution and defined benefit plans, tumbled 24%...