Investing

Even as target-date funds evolve, the Department of Labor’s guidance for selecting and monitoring the funds is still relevant.

The goals of plan sponsors and participants will help determine which option is best.

Diversification via alternative investments, especially in times of market volatility and downturns, can lead to better performance,

Industry professionals highlight the importance of implementing environmental, social and governance strategies, and explain how the investments connect to a plan sponsor’s fiduciary duty.

A look at the in-plan, out-of-plan, insured and investment options available.

For their part, participants say they feel the pandemic has make their retirement savings more vulnerable.

Retirement industry experts take a look at collective investment trusts, exchange-traded funds and separate accounts.

Environmental, social and governance investing is slowing becoming pervasive in DC plans, particularly as Millennials are poised to become the majority of the workforce.

A ‘dynamic QDIA’ that starts participants off in TDFs and then moves them to managed accounts is a potential trend for the future.

The challenges facing U.S. and global equity markets at the start of 2020 appear tame compared with present obstacles—a fact clearly demonstrated by assets managers’ updated market outlook...

Asset managers’ mixed outlook on the market reflects the uncertainty and volatility experienced so far this year, though there is more optimism for the rest of 2020 than...

Many find it counterintuitive that the U.S. Federal Reserve would want to push up inflation, but it has some good reasons to do so.

In a speech given Thursday about key policy updates, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the changes reflect the evolution that has occurred in the U.S. and global...

Lead actuaries at Segal say the Treasury Department is preparing to wrongfully reject an application to reduce benefit payments made by one of its financially stressed union pension...

Participants are looking to their employers to offer a retirement income solution, while interest in ESG investing among retirement plan participants continues to increase.

Plan sponsors saw significant investment gains, with a median plan return of 10.6%, according to Northern Trust.

But the chief equity strategist at Nuveen expects it to be short-lived.