Benefits July 2, 2007

The Best Default for Your Retirement

July 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After Congress passed the Pension Protection Act last year, 401ks were supposed to be easier to get into.
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The PPA allowed companies to automatically enroll their employees. But, regulators still have to decide what plans works best. Conservative “stable value plans” backed by insurance companies, or riskier “life cycle” or target date funds,” a mixture of stocks and bonds that change over time, backed by mutual funds.

Recently PLANSPONSOR CEO and Founder Charles Ruffel was interviewed on the subject of “The Best Default for Your Retirement.”

text and audio of the interview are online (about 7 minutes into the program) at http://marketplacemoney.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/06/22/retirement_default/

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