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| Benefits & Administration |
| 2017 Was a Good Year for DC Plan Metrics |
| Investment Company Institute (ICI) recordkeeper data shows that in the first nine months of 2017, the amount of participants contributing or taking a withdrawal held steady, while the number of outstanding loans slightly decreased.Read more > |
| Want Employees to Invest Tax Savings? Act Now |
| It will only take a few pay cycles for folks to get used to seeing the extra money come in; thus the impetus is on plan sponsors to act today to directly encourage employees to consider putting some or all of their additional take-home pay into the retirement plan.Read more > |
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| Investing |
| Institutional Investors Were Prepared for Market Volatility |
| Investors surveyed by Natixis cited strategies they’ve been using to diversify their portfolios.Read more > |
| Institutions Hungry for Dependable ESG Investing Data |
| Some investors cite the concern that publicly owned companies may be “greenwashing” reported data to enhance their image from the environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing perspective.Read more > |
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| Products, Deals and People |
| Investment Products and Services Launches |
| Putnam announces new pricing for TDFs; First Trust to launch AI and Robotics ETF; and Vanguard launches factor-based ETFs.Read more > |
