Administration | August 28th, 2019 Plan Sponsors Making Plan Changes to Help Employees Save More They are turning to plan advisers for help with making plan design and investment changes.
Compliance | August 27th, 2019 Lawsuit Over TDFs Names Provider as Defendant Participants in the CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan have filed a lawsuit against the company, its retirement plan...
Compliance | August 22nd, 2019 Transamerica Unable to Dodge ERISA Suit A federal court judge refused to dismiss the case, finding that the new claim was not a released claim in...
Investing | August 22nd, 2019 Education and Transparency Two Issues for CIT Use in DC Plans Anya Krymkowski, with Cerulli, says plan sponsors can negotiate with CIT providers to receive more information on the trusts, thereby...
Investing | August 21st, 2019 Litigators Share What They Investigate for Filing TDF Lawsuits A litigation firm has listed what it is investigating for potential lawsuits over target-date funds (TDFs) in retirement plans, and...
Investing | August 21st, 2019 Participants’ Posture on ESG Investing Not Showing in Retirement Plans The sentiment for ESG investing is positive among all generations though their actions in retirement plans don’t show it. How...
Products | August 15th, 2019 Investment Product and Service Launches Northern Trust enhances securities lending offering; Global X adds ETF suite to Model Market Center; and Cohen & Steers makes...
Investing | August 13th, 2019 403(b) Plan Sponsors Have Taken Steps to Prepare for Market Volatility An analysis from the 2019 BlackRock DC Pulse survey compares investment preferences of 403(b) and 401(k) plan sponsors and also...
Compliance | August 12th, 2019 Walgreen 401(k) Participants Seek $300M in Lawsuit Over TDF Mismanagement The complaint says the target-date funds used in the plan and as the designated default investment were underperforming from the...
Investing | August 9th, 2019 Explaining the ‘New Normal’ for Interest Rates "The new normal for interest rates simply means that retirement investors have to take more risk,” says Steve Foresti, CIO...
Products | August 8th, 2019 Investment Product and Service Launches Northern Trust builds portfolio analytics tool; Transamerica lowers multiple investment fund fees; Mesirow Financial issues U.S. small cap sustainability vehicle;...
Compliance | August 7th, 2019 Court Moves Forward Suit Over Plans’ Use of Retail Funds The court decision in Lutz v. Kaleida Health reviews what it takes to be a retirement plan fiduciary and acknowledges...
Investing | July 31st, 2019 An Investing Strategy to Improve Church and Public DB Plan Funding Currently church and public defined benefit (DB) plans focus more on returns, and their funded status is lower than for...
Compliance | July 31st, 2019 SEI Investments Agrees to Settle ERISA Self-Dealing Suit In addition to a $6.8 million payment, defendants in the lawsuit agreed to certain procedures for plan management, including that...
Opinions | July 15th, 2019 Volatility and TDFs: The Good, the Bad and the Unintended John Greves, Natallia Yazhova and Jake Gilliam, with Charles Schwab, discuss volatility as it relates to target-date funds (TDFs) and...
Investing | July 12th, 2019 Plan Sponsor Investment Considerations for Second Half of 2019 Defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors are expected to have to navigate a more volatile market environment...
Investing | June 21st, 2019 Use of Index Funds in 401(k)s Increasing The use of index funds by plans in the BrightScope Defined Contribution Plan Database increased from 79% of plans and...
Investing | June 10th, 2019 The Importance of Rebalancing DC Plan Portfolios Once they select the proper asset allocation for their retirement savings, defined contribution (DC) plan participants need to be prodded...
Investing | June 3rd, 2019 Alternative Assets Can Help With Derisking DB Plans A Cerulli Associates report explains how different alternative investments can help a derisking defined benefit (DB) plan with liability hedging...
Products | May 30th, 2019 Investment Product and Service Launches Allianz Global adds PFaroe for DB plan investment reporting, and Morningstar acquisition expands fixed-income analysis.