Tag: Defined Contribution (DC)

Women face special challenges when saving for retirement, and their approach to investing is different from men’s, research shows.

The bill expands allowable SIMPLE plan rollovers, expands exceptions to the 10% early withdrawal penalty on retirement plan distributions, and...

Retirement plan sponsors have had to cope with a significant amount of market and regulatory evolution in 2015—especially change pertaining...

It seems nearly all types of plans and investment approaches have been challenged recently in the courts. Next year probably...

A downward revision reflects new information used by the Investment Company Institute.

An extensive new report from BrightScope and the Investment Company Institute finds large plan sponsors, in particular, are squarely focused...

A new report from EBRI describes an interesting anomaly that emerged in the most recent population survey published by the...

Participants need help and a new mindset to preserve assets earmarked for retirement, Cerulli says.

A new report from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College asks whether fees are to blame for a...

Despite looming unexpected financial burdens and interest rate uncertainty, investors express enthusiasm for their finances in 2016.

Leading-edge employers already know “retirement plans are not enough” when it comes to improving employees’ long-term financial outlook, according to...

Though most trading days favored fixed income, large U.S. equity funds received the most inflows.

More are also adopting automatic escalation.

The growing movement leads to better returns and outcomes, experts say.

Current Internal Revenue Service employee benefit plan examinations initiatives heading into 2016 match closely the priories announced for the year...

More plan sponsors will use automatic enrollment, and at a higher default rate.

Plan sponsors can boost their plan participants’ investing knowledge and confidence by knowing which type of investor they are.

Many of the problems facing the U.S. retirement system today are far from local phenomenon, says Fredrik Axsater of State...

While target-date funds may hold the most contributions, they can still co-exist with managed accounts..

In her new role at Voya Financial, Mary Witherow takes on responsibility for client satisfaction, retention and growth in the...