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The Bottom Line
The Bottom Line
Best Practices for the IPS
Investment policy statements should reflect DC plan realities
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PS Coach
PS Coach
Navigating RMDs
Sponsors need to know the required minimum distribution rules
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DB Focus
DB Focus
The Middle Ground
Factor investing blends active and passive management styles
Insights |October 2017
Imagining Retirement
Research is increasingly examining whether success in saving for retirement can be improved by properly envisioning one’s retirement life
Issue Intro |October 2017
Core Topics
We’re always interested to know what you have found to be the most helpful takeaways from the issue
TDF Analysis |October 2017
Equity Exposure In TDFs
Strategic Insight’s quarterly target-date fund analysis
Plan Analysis |October 2017
Employer Generosity Grows
Highlights of BrightScope’s proprietary research
Compliance Update |October 2017
Compliance Update
Summaries of the latest news from Washington and the courts—what’s coming, what’s contemplated and what’s critical for plan sponsors to...
UpFront |October 2017
Millennials Face Gender Challenges
Among Millennials, women are making less income and saving less for retirement, Wells Fargo Asset Management finds.
UpFront |October 2017
How More Retirees Could Affect Investment Returns
The CRR explores various ways investment returns and Social Security could be affected by an aging population.
UpFront |October 2017
Children’s Impact on Retirement Security
Parents are especially at risk when they maintain a heightened level of spending after children leave the nest, the CRR finds.
UpFront |October 2017
Public Sector Employees Choose DB Over DC
Among the eight states studied that offer employees such a choice, the take-up rate of DB plans was 80% or higher in six of those states.
UpFront |October 2017
Cost of Benefits for an Employer
A survey reveals issues employees have with open enrollment season.
UpFront |October 2017
The Dramatic Change in Participant Investing
While roughly 70% of investors use TDFs, about half of them have another investment in their 401(k) portfolio.
UpFront |October 2017
Older Workers Not Saving Enough
A new study suggests that without a universal supplement to Social Security, many of the 24 million workers ages 55...
UpFront |October 2017
Reversing the Search
J.P. Morgan researchers offer an advanced look at a case study analysis suggesting a new approach to conducting adviser-supported recordkeeping RFPs.
UpFront |October 2017
Most Participants Short On Savings Advice
Of those who do seek retirement investments advice, financial advisers are the most utilized source, according to a survey by Betterment.
UpFront |October 2017
Millennials’ Individual Responsibility Plus
Who Do You Believe Has the Most Responsibility in Ensuring People Have a Secure Retirement? Individuals Employers Government Millennials Generation X Boomers Seven out of 10 Millennials (69%)...
403(b) Q&A |October 2017
Questions, Answered
Defaulted loans; SCOTUS on church plans; non-eligible investments
Saxon Angle |October 2017
Distinctions Persist
Lawsuits overlook differences between 401(k)s and 403(b)s
Plan Profile |October 2017
Helping to Meet Participants’ Goals
A plan sponsor’s ‘Small Steps’ campaign aims for increased deferrals and savings