Tag: defined contribution (DC) plans

In addition, a majority of those polled by the Investment Company Institute (ICI) oppose changing key features of DC plans.

Long-term 401(k) participation, savings and investing trends have also been positive, due in no small part to automatic plan features,...

More than 60% of employers want to keep retirees in their plan, and 33% prefer that terminated employees keep their...

Fourteen service providers to be recognized at the annual PLANSPONSOR/PLANADVISER Awards for Excellence dinner March 28th.

Opinion: Lame duck session offers a chance for cooperation on a helpful retirement reform.

In addition, to help employees reduce their debt stress and maximize their retirement plan savings, more employers are developing financial...

“I work with a higher education institution that is attempting to incentivize some of our faculty who have reached traditional...

Willis Towers Watson believes plan-wide statistics on mean or median participation rates, balances or contribution rates measure aggregate data on...

If there are missing participants that plan sponsors have not made a genuine effort to find, “the entire plan could...

ICI finds that two factors appear to influence DC plan participants’ loan activity: reaction to financial stresses and a seasonal...

An Insights article from Cammack Retirement notes how different fixed income vehicles perform under a rising interest rate environment and...

Many Gen Xers and Gen Yers deferred 90% or more of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) maximum allowance for contributions...

The investment firm calls on the government to pass numerous measures to expand access to retirement plans and boost participation...

Most Millennials are appropriately invested, with 90% of their portfolios in equities.

A new law would raise the contribution limit for SIMPLE plans from $12,500 to $15,500 for the smallest businesses and...

In conclusion, IZA says, “the data do not support the idea that presenting optional 401(k) plan information in a simpler,...

They are on track to replace 75% of their income, compared to 64% for Americans overall.

“I am aware from a prior Ask the Experts column that the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 made some changes...