Tag: 457 plans

Retirement services provider FRA PlanTools released a custom 408(b)(2) checklist product.

A new survey finds that retirement plan participants tend to make investment decisions conservatively.

The National Tax-deferred Savings Association (NTSA) maintains the same core mission as its predecessor.

More employees are participating in employer-sponsored retirement plans, thanks to plan design changes, but there are still improvements that can be made.

Chris Blair joined Mercer’s San Francisco office as a principal for the firm’s defined contribution (DC) adviser specialty practice.

Consulting firm Mercer has compiled a list of the top 10 recommended steps that defined contribution (DC) plans should take over the next year.

A new report urges U.S. retirement plan regulators to examine and emulate other countries’ efforts to improve employee spend-down options for post-retirement years.

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) appointed Mark Fortier as managing director and head of global defined contribution (DC) research and product development.

A new research paper finds that defined contribution (DC) retirement plans, such as 401(k)s, play a growing and important role in...

Sapiens International Corporation announced the upcoming release of its Retirement Services Recordkeeping Platform.

Defined contribution (DC) plans currently account for approximately half of participants’ total investable wealth, according to the Cogent Research DC Participant Planscape Study.

Washington’s warning to slash tax-deferral incentives associated with 401(k)s and individual retirement accounts (IRAs) tops advisers’ challenges in 2014, according to Brian Graff, executive director of the American...

Participant demographics and behavior vary by plan type, an analysis shows.

Using a financial adviser helps bring more focus to the need to save for retirement, a survey found.

When someone says defined contribution (DC) plan, most people think of 401(k)s or 403(b)s; other DC plans do not get as much attention.

Fred Reish, a partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath, the Los Angeles law firm, has launched fredreish.com, a blog about retirement regulation and compliance.

The LiveWell Plus Mutual Fund IRA was launched by Sammons Retirement Solutions Inc. to help advisers gather retirement assets and provide a savings boost.

While stable value funds are popular with retirement plan sponsors, more education about them is needed, a study found.

Pension Advisory Group Inc. (PAG) and Pro Financial Services (PFS) launched a group long-term disability insurance product for retirement plans.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) updated and expanded its Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS).