The products are complex for various reasons, but recent regulatory changes and potential demand are expected to continue driving plan sponsor adoption.
With more recordkeepers embedding artificial intelligence capabilities into their platforms, many hope it will help participants select retirement income solutions.
The firm is joining forces with several private investment fund managers and custodians to bring private investments to managed accounts in defined contribution plans.
A Nasdaq-100 survey conducted by Shelton Capital Management showed that allocations to Nasdaq-100 Index mutual funds make up fewer than 1% of all 401(k) assets.
Alight Solutions found high levels of trading in retirement plans in the first quarter of this year, with investors trading out of equities and into fixed income.
In his annual chairman’s letter, Larry Fink wrote about the benefits of infrastructure investment in an attempt to ‘cut through the fog’ and influence 401(k) providers.
The new research questions the growing demand for defined contribution plans to invest in private equity, arguing it is riskier than the publicly traded funds in which 401(k)s...
Defined contribution plans are seen as the ‘final frontier’ for exchange-traded funds, but certain structural issues pose barriers for including these investments in the 401(k) menu.