Investing | March 5th, 2021 Plan Sponsor Roundtable: Retirement Income Is the Outcome Plan provisions and advice tools can help participants turn their savings into reliable retirement income.
Products | March 4th, 2021 Investment Product and Service Launches Lockton and Morningstar team up to offer adviser managed accounts and firms launch TDFs with guaranteed income.
Benefits | February 9th, 2021 Retirement Benefits Moving Beyond Just a Retirement Plan Holistic retirement programs, which include financial wellness, health and voluntary benefits, put employees in a better position to reach their...
Compliance | January 27th, 2021 Rep. Neal Releases Policy Priorities for Equity in Retirement Security The Ways and Means Committee chairman sets out goals for Social Security benefits, MEPs and automatic features in his list.
Data and Research | January 22nd, 2021 Employees Want More Help From Employers on Retirement More than half of participants surveyed said a guaranteed retirement benefit would best meet their needs.
Data and Research | December 17th, 2020 Financial Education, Protecting Savings Themes for Plan Sponsors in 2021 Defined contribution plan sponsors are rethinking investments, but not much interested in annuities, T. Rowe Price finds.
Products | December 15th, 2020 Annexus Retirement Solutions Launches to Address In-Plan Guaranteed Income The new division of Annexus will focus on “re-engineering” target-date fund (TDF) structures to better enable guaranteed lifetime income as...
Data and Research | December 7th, 2020 DC Plan Consultants Expect a Focus on Retirement Income Consultants underscore the need to focus on outcomes, and a successful path forward relies on designing DC plans to help...
Administration | November 16th, 2020 Refocusing on Retirement Plan Initiatives in 2021 Plan sponsors need education about SECURE Act provisions and should increase their focus on employee financial well-being, webinar presenters said.
Data and Research | November 11th, 2020 Vanguard Tests Approach to Decumulation: The ‘Dynamic Spending Rule’ Simply put, the strategy prescribes lowering spending following market declines to help preserve the balance of a portfolio, which, ostensibly,...
Administration | November 5th, 2020 Offering the Benefit of Guaranteed Income in DC Plans Lifetime income projections, offering more control over assets and education about annuity pricing will help participants be more receptive to...
Data and Research | October 20th, 2020 Retirement Readiness Gaps Have Widened in 2020 New data published by Wells Fargo suggests the COVID-19 pandemic has driven some workers even further behind their retirement savings...
Investing | October 20th, 2020 Understanding the Types of Annuities Retirement Plans Can Use The goals of plan sponsors and participants will help determine which option is best.
Products | October 16th, 2020 Plan Providers Supplement Lifetime Income Projections Concerned that lifetime income projections on participant statements may not be reliable, providers are offering more personalized online tools.
Opinions | October 14th, 2020 Retirement Income: Spotlight on Annuities Peg Knox, with the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA), discusses what plan sponsors should consider before implementing an income...
Compliance | October 13th, 2020 Social Security Announces COLA for 2021 In addition, the maximum amount of earnings subject to Social Security tax—used to determine the taxable wage base for permitted...
Investing | October 2nd, 2020 An Overview of, and How to Assess, Retirement Income Options A look at the in-plan, out-of-plan, insured and investment options available.
Investing | September 30th, 2020 Citing SECURE Act, More Advisers to Consider Adopting In-Plan Guarantees For their part, participants say they feel the pandemic has make their retirement savings more vulnerable.
Compliance | September 28th, 2020 Some View EBSA Income Projections as Too ‘Prescriptive’ Recordkeepers and asset managers want more flexibility in terms of how their clients generate newly mandated lifetime income projections on...
Administration | September 23rd, 2020 PSNC 2020: Duties With Regard to Annuities The momentum for offering annuities to DC plan participants is growing, and plan sponsors need to know their responsibilities and...