Tag: BlackRock

The pair of managing directors will now head defined contribution and defined benefit retirement divisions.

Studies find short-term savings can be a gateway—not an impediment—to long-term savings.

 The asset manager’s eighth annual pension themes report noted that many defined benefit plans are diversifying and seeking increased returns.

A new study from The Standard found that women placed a higher value on having retirement plans than men, but...

Retirement savers’ confidence is up, but their employers do not have the same faith.

The asset manager’s survey was conducted before the executive order encouraging the inclusion of such investments in defined contribution plans.

According to the retirement investment company, the move meets the evolving needs of plan sponsors and participants.

In his annual chairman’s letter, Larry Fink wrote about the benefits of infrastructure investment in an attempt to ‘cut through...

A district court in Texas ruled in favor of a class action complaint alleging that the airline and its benefits...

For the third consecutive year, BlackRock’s survey finds at least 60% of respondents from all generations say they are worried...

A Connecticut federal judge rejected the plan sponsor’s motion to dismiss, so the ERISA fiduciary breach case involving BlackRock TDFs...

The trial is confirmed to begin Monday, June 24, in Texas federal court.

Empower hires Boston broadcaster to new role and appoints head of retirement plans segment; alternatives asset manager hires Samantha DeZur;...

State Street Global Advisors launches IncomeWise solution; BlackRock expands active ETF platform with 2 ETFs; Vanguard reopens actively managed funds...

Ameritas announces senior vice president of retirement plans; Aon appoints Reese as next CFO; Ascensus restructures sales team; and more.

A global restructuring started earlier this year will see the head of the firm’s retirement group move into an advisory...

Former head of BlackRock’s ETF division to take over CEO role at the Pennsylvania firm. 

Connecticut-based energy company Avangrid is among the first plan sponsors to implement BlackRock’s LifePath Paycheck.

Fourteen plan sponsors have already signed on to offer the guaranteed income product, which functions like a target-date fund, to...

Annual letter to investors says, "Humanity has changed over the past 120 years. So must our conception of retirement."