Tag: Defined Contribution (DC)

However, still more not-for-profit employees have access to DB plans than do for-profit company employees.

The majority of participants are confident their savings via DC plans will be sufficient to last throughout retirement, a LIMRA...

However, the average deferral rate for the plans that T. Rowe Price administers is 7%, well below the recommended 15%.

Participants surveyed supported auto enrollment, re-enrollment and auto deferral escalation.

A research report identifies potential strategies for setting up retirement income solutions in DC plans and considerations for plan sponsors...

Fewer DC plan participants took withdrawals from their plan accounts in the first quarter of this year than in the...

A white paper suggests not only that DC plan participants increase their savings rate, but that investment options should be...

Automatic plan features popularized by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 have helped to drive major change and, for the...

It’s not just private, for-profit employers who are being accused of fiduciary breaches by ERISA litigators.

The Investment Company Institute applauds the California governor and legislature for aiming to promote savings among the state’s private sector...

A major obstacle to enrollment, according to DST Systems, is the perception that the process could be intimidating and time...

The DOL notes that the program seeks to assist those workers who have traditionally lacked access to an employer-provided retirement...

"The DOL fiduciary rule impacts all qualified assets and will likely have a major impact on the rollover market," says...

Adding an annuity option to the plan is similar to adding any new investment to the plan, said Geoff Dietrich...

In an effort to improve the usage of TDFs, plan sponsors are beginning to assess both the number and quality...

The fund had an annual costs of 35 bps per year in the plans being targeted by the latest self-dealing...

An appellate court ruled that the float income incurred when making distributions to retirement plan participants are not plan assets.

By comparison, only one quarter of retirees in all age and income groups have debt.

“I noticed that you have written a number of Ask the Experts columns regarding loan defaults, but none of those...