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Tag: Defined Contribution (DC)
Final Market Rate of Return Rules Adopted for Hybrid Plans
The Internal Revenue Service is implementing new market rate of return rules for hybrid pension plans.
DC Participants Continued Move to Fixed Income in October
GIC/stable value funds led inflows.
Financial Engines to Acquire Brick-and-Mortar Advisory
Not convinced that robo-advisers are shaking up the defined contribution retirement plan advisory space? This week’s news that digital-advice darling...
Women Are Better 401(k) Savers Than Men
But men’s average account balances are more than 50% larger.
OCIO Market Expansion Reaching Public DBs
Cerulli Associates shares findings that clearly show increased demand from public pension plans for outsourced investment leadership.
Study Reveals Better DC Plan Designs
Aon Hewitt finds DC plan sponsors are beefing up plan features to improve participant outcomes.
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The Principal Launches Guaranteed Income Option for Plan Participants
Principal Pension Builder offers participants an income stream for life.
September DC Participant Trading Looks Much Like August
GIC/stable value, money market and bond funds again saw the greatest inflows over the month.
DC Plan Participants Still Want Human Advisers
Amid the rise of automated advice solutions, DC retirement plan participants still want a human voice.
DC Plan Universe Looked Way Different in 2005
NEPC partner and researcher looks back at a decade of defined contribution plan evolution, and oh what a difference a...
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Allowing In-Service MRDs
“We are a private university that sponsors two plans, a 401(a) defined contribution plan for employer contributions and a 403(b)...
Finding the Right Default
A prudently selected default investment can solve real problems and help plan sponsors feel more confident in automatically enrolling their...
In-Plan Lifetime Income
Most participants are interested in in-plan lifetime income options, but just one in five plan sponsors say the same.
Private Equity Firms to Acquire Ascensus Inc.
Genstar Capital and Aquiline Capital Partners have agreed to acquire Ascensus Inc. from J.C. Flowers & Co.
Inside Perspective on Transamerica-Mercer Deal
“Scale is a very important part of the economics that drive this business,” says Transamerica's Kent Callahan, telling PLANSPONSOR the...
Transamerica to Take on Mercer DC Recordkeeping Business
Transamerica will become the preferred defined contribution recordkeeping provider for Mercer's total benefit outsourcing and total retirement outsourcing clients.
Participants Welcome More Contact With Plan Providers
Younger investors are especially interested in learning more about other products.
Shift to DC Has Not Led to Less Retirement Savings
A new analysis finds that the change in pension wealth from the shift to mostly DC retirement plans is relatively...
Gen Xers and Boomers Still Feeling Effects of Market Crash
The downturn has created “post-crash skeptics.”