July 27th, 2015

PBGC Proposes Changes to Reporting Requirements Changes proposed by the PBGC would codify guidance that impacts reporting under Employee Retirement Income Security Act Section 4010 provided in Technical Updates 12-2 and 14-2, and would make some technical changes. The proposal would also add reporting waivers for certain plans. Read more > Two in Three Private Workers Offered Retirement Plan Among private sector workers in the lowest wage category, the 10th percentile, only 31% had access to a retirement plan. By contrast, among those in the highest wage category, 88% had access to a retirement plan. Read more > Investment Product Development Is Changing Less than one in four investment products launched since 2000 managed to attract $1 billion or more during the last decade, according to a report from Casey Quirk & Associates. The report argues greater demand for customization “has revealed weaknesses in the current product development strategies used by many asset management firms.” Read more > Last Week’s Retirement Industry People Moves Joseph Gill joins Rothschild’s Asset Management Institutional Sales team; Diana Jordan comes to Unified Trust Company; Julie Niccum rejoins Ascensus. Read more > MOST READ ARTICLES

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