Tag: Defined contribution

Franklin Templeton Investments has named Drew Carrington as senior vice president and head of Defined Contribution (DC), Institutional.

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (RPS) announced the John Hancock Partnership Program.

Defined contribution (DC) plan participants’ daily transfer volumes were low in August, according to the Aon Hewitt 401(k) Index.

Assistant Secretary of Labor Phyllis Borzi, with the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA), said it has been engaged in a very vigorous focus on...

The Department of Labor (DOL) wants to know whether its proposal to show lifetime income projections on retirement plan participant statements is a solution to having inadequate income...

A recent white paper examined how improved transparency with target-date funds would help retirement plan fiduciaries better understand the funds’ holdings.

Never has the industry seen such potential for change, Marcia Wagner, president of The Wagner Law Group, told attendees at the PLANADVISER National Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Since the recession’s end, more employees have been working for companies with a retirement plan and plan participation is up, research finds.

Research from Vanguard's Center for Retirement Research examines how the adoption of index target-date strategies has transformed the composition of defined contribution (DC) plans.  

BPAS launched “A 90-Minute Crash Course on DC Plans,” on its website, a podcast on some of the key issues surrounding defined contribution (DC) plans.

A recent news report from Reuters revealed that T. Rowe Price Group Inc. permanently banned about 1,300 American Airlines employees from trading among its funds in their 401(k)...

By institutionalizing their defined contribution (DC) plans, plan sponsors can give their participants better retirement outcomes, a paper contends.

A federal appeals court found the application of the presumption of prudence to be appropriate at the motion to dismiss stage.

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

Retirement Plan Prospector is a Web-based prospecting and research tool from Judy Diamond Associates for the defined contribution and defined benefits markets.

The Institutional Retirement Income Council submitted a letter to the Department of Labor, recommending that lifetime income illustrations and projections be mandated on participant statements.

An analysis of defined contribution (DC) participant data by the Investment Company Institute (ICI) indicates employees are continuing to save for retirement.

The Illinois-based DATAIR Employee Benefit Systems, Inc., has released a new suite of software, training and support services for consultants and administrators of 401(k) plans.