In Practice

The Principal Financial Group found that the design of the employer match can be a powerful motivator for participants, even when the employer’s total contribution doesn’t change.

Federal regulators on Monday released a long-awaited rule to require more disclosures about target-date funds.

Balancing the demands of the home office and the needs of a widely-dispersed wholesaling staff can be very challenging for a sales manager, according to a Cerulli Report.

When it comes to their financial situation, workers seem to be taking a longer-term view – and one focused on retirement, according to a new report. 

Long-term 401(k) participants took a big hit to their accounts in 2008 but otherwise enjoyed an average 31.9%-advance in 2009, according to a new study.

Russell Investment Group is stepping up its efforts to enter the ETF market as a direct provider.

Across all income groups, retirement income from employer-sponsored retirement plans is more prevalent among retirees today than in the mid-1970s, according to an Investment Company Institute (ICI) study.

Asked how often they formally evaluated their DC provider, larger programs were again this year noticeably less likely to say they did so on an annual basis.

A new report suggests that workplace retirement plan participation is down, but better than it has been in the past decade. 

While concern over healthcare costs in retirement is the top answer in a recent Edward Jones’ poll, the percentage has shrunk from the last time the poll was...

The majority of American retirees see their children and grandchildren being unable to participate in the “American Dream” and afford retirement, according to a poll conducted by Protect...

Fifty-eight percent of more-affluent investors with investable assets of at least $200,000 cited emergency expenditures as the primary reason for keeping a portion of retirement savings in liquid...

If General Motors completes its initial public offering on or before, November 19, 2010, it will be added to the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index, effective after U.S....

After two years of contraction, hiring in the asset and wealth management industry rebounded in 2010, and compensation is set to show modest gains, according to a new...

Employer matching contributions are the biggest motivating factor for employees to participate in their 401(k) plan, according to a new Charles Schwab study.

Asset managers are adding staff and increasing budgets to capture the fast-growing defined contribution investment-only (DCIO) market, as the competition for DCIO assets is getting intense, a new...

Ninety-two percent of millionaires have not abandoned the stock market, with 43% currently engaged in moderate to heavy buying or selling and 49% waiting for the right opportunity...

Compensation in the asset management industry is rebounding after two difficult years, according to a review by Greenwich Associates and Johnson Associates.

Between late June and late August 2010, approximately 35,000 survey questionnaires were sent to defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors from the PLANSPONSOR magazine database, as...

The Bank of America Merrill Lynch "401(k) Contribution Activities Scorecard" for Q3 2010 found modest improvements in participants’ saving behavior, but also record levels of loans and hardship...