Happy Friday, readers! This weekend’s mailing looks away from the tax reform and fiduciary rule headlines to examine the broad topic of DC plan investing. Below you will find timely articles and research about conducting regular risk assessments, making the choice between proprietary versus open-architecture product, and guiding clients through the IRA rollover process. We hope you share some of what you learn with a colleague.
The drivers behind a target-date manager offering open architecture most commonly include the belief that participants benefit from asset manager diversification and the need to outsource allocations to access best-in-class strategies, Cerulli reports.
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Firms focusing heavily on promoting low-cost products without considering clients’ preferences for premium service and a stable, trusted brand may fall behind, according to a study by LIMRA.
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Researchers have developed diverse approaches for quantifying the adequacy of retirement income, focusing on different groups of retirees and employing different definitions of income and adequacy, a CBO report notes.
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Now in its sixth year of publication, the PLANADVISER Defined Contribution Investment Only Survey continues its trend of finding a steady increase in DC plan assets among the survey’s 41 participating providers.
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