| What a SCOTUS Vacancy Means for the Retirement Plan Industry |
| The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had a direct (but not necessarily pivotal) role in shaping many of the SCOTUS decisions tracked in recent years by the retirement planning industry.
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| Why Costs for Some DB Plans Are Higher Than for Others |
| The Bureau of Labor Statistics looked into factors that affect employer’s costs for defined benefit plans, finding such costs vary predictably by industry, occupation, establishment size and region.
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| Pension Risk Transfers Topped $14 Billion Last Year |
| With five separate companies reporting buy-out sales above $1 billion, group annuity risk transfer sales increased a very solid 54% in 2015, totaling $14.4 billion, according to LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute’s U.S. Quarterly Group Annuity Risk Transfer Survey.
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| Most Plan Sponsors Offer Advice |
| Nearly three-quarters of sponsors supply some form of advice, but micro and small plans are more apt to rely on an adviser to deliver it directly.
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