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| Benefits & Administration |
| Commitment to 401(k) Investing Remains Strong |
| Americans remain committed to saving for their futures, according to the Investment Company Institute’s (ICI’s) report, “Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, 2017.” A mere 2.7% discontinued contributions during 2017, and 3.4% took withdrawals, virtually on par with the 3.3% who did so in 2016.Read more > |
| LIMRA SRI: Preventing Brain Drain Should Be a Retirement Plan Goal |
| A new LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute (SRI) study urges employers to examine their benefits and compensation policies to address the potential loss of talented and experienced workers. Citing U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, LIMRA SRI researchers note that fully one-third of the U.S. labor force is age 50 or older. While other analyses have shown that as many as three in four workers over the age 50 say they will delay retirement beyond the traditional ages of 62 or 65, the LIMRA SRI research makes it clear that this will be difficult for workers to attain without direct support from their employers—in the form of more flexible part-time schedules, for example.Read more > |
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| Products, Deals and People |
| First Trust Creates Index-Based ETF |
| The First Trust Dorsey Wright DALI 1 ETF seeks to correspond to the Nasdaq Dorsey Wright DALI 1 Index, which is designed to evaluate four broad asset classes: Domestic Equity, International Equity, Fixed Income and Commodities.Read more > |
