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| Benefits & Administration |
| Morningstar Recommends Policies to Increase Small Employer Retirement Plans |
| In its latest policy paper, Morningstar suggests workers at large U.S. companies are served relatively well by the U.S. retirement system. For one, the vast majority of large-company employees have access to a defined contribution (DC) plan. However, half of employees at small companies don’t have access to a retirement plan at all. Morningstar says the U.S. can learn from the UK, and it proposes two complementary solutions for improving the number and quality of small-company plans.Read more > |
| DB Plan Sponsors Should Balance Four Levers to Improve Funding |
| In a report, “A Balancing Act: Strategies for Financial Executives in Managing Pension Risk,” Cambridge Associates says defined benefit (DB) plan fiduciaries should coordinate across four “levers” that can help improve funded status and mitigate negative impacts of under-funding on corporate financials. No lever alone is enough to close the pension funding gap, according to the report.Read more > |
