Guardian Adds Investment Options
The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company Inc. has expanded
its Guardian Choice and Guardian Advantage fund lineups with several enhancements.
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Franklin Templeton Launches Two New Funds
The Franklin Global Listed Infrastructure Fund and the
Franklin Global Government Bond Fund are now available to investors.
Pension Funding Ratios Higher in 2Q13
Traditional U.S. corporate defined benefit plans ended the second quarter with 4% to 6% higher funding ratios, according to Legal & General Investment Management America (LGIMA).
What’s Top of Mind for Plan Sponsors?
Two things always on a plan sponsor’s mind—retirement
readiness and fiduciary responsibility—are opportunities for retirement plan
advisers.
Pentegra Enhances Participant Education Campaign
Pentegra Retirement Services introduced new features to its “Building Blocks for Retirement” campaign.
Fiserv, FMDS Team Up in Class Action Solution
A
partnership between Fiserv and Financial Market Data Services produced a new
solution for fully outsourced, end-to-end securities class-actions claims
processing.
PSNC 2013: Metric Taking
Participation
rate may be a common standard for plan sponsors when they look into the
benchmarking process, but not many would say it is a sufficient—or even very
informative—measure of plan success.
Plan Sponsors Continue to ‘Automate’ Participant Decisions
Plan sponsors are increasingly adopting features to help overcome participant inertia, a survey found.
Who Worries More, Men or Women?
Retirement savings, health issues
and their children’s finances are concerns for women; while men worry about
debt, both household and the national level.
Lessons From Australia’s Retirement System
When it comes to retirement savings, the U.S. could learn a few things from The Land Down Under.
Third Quarter of Positive Returns for Master Trusts
The median return of the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe was 4.53% for the first quarter, marking the third consecutive quarter of positive returns.
Torabi Helps MassMutual Expand Education
Farnoosh Torabi has expanded her relationship with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) to help bring financial education to young adults.
Wells Fargo Offers Lifetime Income Investment Option
Wells Fargo Retirement has added an in-plan guaranteed income solution to the choices of retirement plan investments available for plan sponsors.
Higher Education Plans Save More Than Corporate Counterparts
Participants of retirement plans with higher education institutions are saving more than their corporate counterparts, says a new report from Transamerica Retirement Solutions.
'Top Hat' Plan Assets Not Protected by ERISA
A court ruled an executive’s supplemental retirement plan assets are not protected by his employer’s creditors.
Vanguard Offers Small-Plan Solution to TPAs
Vanguard has expanded the availability of its
low-cost 401(k) plan service for small to midsize businesses to plan sponsors
that work with third-party plan administrators (TPAs).
Mobile App Best Practices for Plan Providers
Corporate Insight spends much of its time analyzing
the retirement plan participant experience with plan providers.
Social Insecurity: Many Don't Understand Benefits
Many Americans misunderstand how Social Security
works, a survey found.
J.P. Morgan Launches 2013 Guide to Retirement
For the third edition of the Guide to
Retirement, a couple of key themes were top of mind, Katherine Roy,
chief retirement strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, told PLANADVISER.
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