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Advisers Can Help Start-Up Retirement Plans Evolve
PLANSPONSOR’s 2018 Defined Contribution Survey found many start-up plans have not yet adopted plan design best practices and many are unsure about fees, but fortunately, nearly two-thirds employ...
With LDI, DC Plans Can Address Individuals’ Retirement Obstacles
LGIMA and TIAA executives predict individual investors will adopt some principles of “liability-driven investing” commonly practiced by pensions.
Some Say Investors Are Better Served by Tactical TDFs
The Great Recession prompted many target-date fund managers to begin to consider tactical glide-path deviations based on market conditions and forecasts.
Stretching the Match May Produce Unintended Consequences for NHCEs
A Vanguard study focusing on non-highly compensated employee (NHCE) behavior finds higher match thresholds are typically associated with lower plan participation and lower employee contribution rates.
Americans in Physical Jobs Have High Retirement Hopes
The high stated retirement confidence of physical workers reflects the fact that the sample is relatively young and majority male, according to Aegon researchers, who also say that...
Singles Could Use More Help With Retirement Planning
Those married or partnered are more likely to have a focus on saving for retirement, while those who are single are prioritizing affording everyday bills and paying down...
Fidelity Faces ERISA Prohibited Transaction Charges in New Lawsuit
The lawsuit accuses Fidelity of requiring "secret" payments from funds to make up for declining amounts of revenue sharing payments received by the firm as a result of...
Aon Reports Growing Cyber Security Threats
The "What's Now and What's Next" report focuses on eight specific risk areas that companies may face in 2019.
PLANSPONSOR Survey Results Highlight Role of Advisers in Health Care Industry
Nearly 86% of not-for-profit health care entities reported that financial advice in some form is offered to their defined contribution plan participants, compared to 79.4% of for-profit entities.
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Student Loan Debt Relief
How to help workers alleviate the burden so they can begin to save
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403(b) Plans Tuned In to Education
Nonprofit and public plans are the most apt to support efforts to learn
B/D Attorney: Don’t Be Distracted by FINRA Examination Priorities Letter
Alan Wolper, an attorney with significant experience helping advisers and brokers navigate FINRA and SEC examinations, says the recently published FINRA 2019 priorities list is interesting, but ultimately...
Teachable Moments from Bill Gross’ Run as the ‘Bond King’
Bill Gross’ reign as the “Bond King” offers a chance to reflect on the benefits and challenges firms face when they have superstar employees.
Dream Forward’s AI Chatbox Answers Participants’ Retirement Plan Questions
In addition to helping participants understand their retirement plans, the AI chatbox addresses other financial challenges participants face.
Johnson and Johnson Faces Stock Drop ERISA Lawsuit
Plaintiffs allege plan fiduciaries should have known the company’s stock price was artificially inflated—and that fiduciaries breached their duties of prudence and loyalty by continuing to offer J&J...
Retirement Industry People Moves
MassMutual adds regional managing directors; consulting firm founder joins Alan Biller and Associates; BPAS announces institutional sales VP; and more.
Advisers Play Important Role in Bringing ESG to ERISA Plan Clients
The Department of Labor issued a Field Assistance Bulletin in 2018 that caused some confusion about its true stance with respect to ESG investing inside ERISA plans; investment...
Court Refuses to Dismiss Mutual of Omaha Self-Dealing Suit
The decision against Mutual of Omaha’s preliminary motions to dismiss a self-dealing lawsuit underscores the way district court judges tend to allow for discovery in ERISA matters, given...
Full 9th Circuit Panel Asked to Review Chevron ERISA Case
Plaintiffs in the case say the appellate court held them to stricter pleading standards than it did plaintiffs in other Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) lawsuits.