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Employers Must Act Ahead of Retirement Wave
According to Willis Towers Watson, just over 80% of organizations acknowledge the importance of their older workers and managing the retirement process; however, only about half believe they...
Education and Better Investments Needed to Propel HSAs to Retirement Savings Vehicles
The frequency of withdrawals prevents HSA account holders from building a meaningful balance to use for health care expenses in retirement, and individuals are unlikely to allocate their...
Americans Expect to Be Better Off Financially in 2019
For the 10th consecutive year, their top financial resolution for the New Year is to save more, Fidelity learned in a survey.
Active Management Insights from Putnam CEO Bob Reynolds
As the firm launches a new initiative to educate investors about active management opportunities, Putnam CEO Bob Reynolds says he is optimistic that an improved retirement landscape will...
More Efforts Needed to Increase Retirement Plan Participant Savings Rates
While automatic enrollment gets participants into plans, a sizable segment are starting their average contributions at a minimum 3.3% rate and failing to take any additional action to...
PBGC Updates Table for Distressed and Terminating DB Plan Valuations
The table is needed to compute the value of early retirement benefits and, thus, the total value of benefits under a plan.
Small Business Owners Support Open MEPs
The majority of small business owners agreed that offering a retirement plan for employees is “the right thing to do."
Advisers Boost Investors’ Retirement and Investment Confidence
Those who work with a financial adviser are more than twice as confident they will have enough money to enjoy a comfortable retirement, Legg Mason found in a...
ERISA Suit Against ‘Small’ 401(k) Settled for $500K
The settlement agreement leaves open a chance to bring a new claim regarding the offering of a money market fund in the plan.
Working With Financial Professionals Better Engages K-12 403(b) Participants
Educators who work with a financial professional exhibit more effective financial behaviors over time, have higher mean annual contributions, increase their contributions more frequently, and are more likely...
Edward Jones Self-Dealing ERISA Challenge Leads to $3M Settlement
The plaintiffs accused Edward Jones of favoring its own investments and those of its “preferred partners” in its 401(k) plan, at the expense of performance; they also raised...
Retirement Readiness Not No. 1 Measure of 401(k) Plan Success for Plan Sponsors
The Plan Sponsor Council of America’s 61st Annual Survey of Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plans finds only 31.4% of 401(k) plan sponsors use participant income replacement ratios as...
HSA Bank Unveils Adviser-Driven HSA Investment Program
It offers an open architecture HSA investment lineup.
PSCA Finds Improvements in 401(k) Plan Design
More plan sponsors are making Roth contributions available, automatic enrollment default deferral percentages are increasing, and company match formulas are becoming more generous.
Consider All Individual Circumstances Before Suggesting 4% Retirement Income Withdrawal
An individual's investment allocation is a big factor to consider when deciding a proper optimal withdrawal rate of savings in retirement, but there are many other factors to...
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One Portfolio at a Time: Adaptive Managed Accounts Seek Optimal Retirement Incomes
Interview with Terry Burns
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Workers Reacting Positively to OregonSaves Retirement Program Opportunity
“The preliminary data from OregonSaves show that important assumptions about how workers would react to the availability of auto-IRAs appear to be holding up, at least in the...
Financial Stress Adds Significantly to Labor Costs
John Hancock researchers sought to quantify the cost of workers’ financial stress for employers, finding the average annual excess expense per employee is a lot more significant than...
401(k) Providers Are Top Source for Financial Advice
And demand for financial advice has increased, T. Rowe Price found in a survey.