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The Principal Launches Guaranteed Income Option for Plan Participants
Principal Pension Builder offers participants an income stream for life.
Tag: Defined Contribution
September DC Participant Trading Looks Much Like August
GIC/stable value, money market and bond funds again saw the greatest inflows over the month.
DC Plan Participants Still Want Human Advisers
Amid the rise of automated advice solutions, DC retirement plan participants still want a human voice.
DC Plan Universe Looked Way Different in 2005
NEPC partner and researcher looks back at a decade of defined contribution plan evolution, and oh what a difference a...
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Allowing In-Service MRDs
“We are a private university that sponsors two plans, a 401(a) defined contribution plan for employer contributions and a 403(b)...
Finding the Right Default
A prudently selected default investment can solve real problems and help plan sponsors feel more confident in automatically enrolling their...
In-Plan Lifetime Income
Most participants are interested in in-plan lifetime income options, but just one in five plan sponsors say the same.
Private Equity Firms to Acquire Ascensus Inc.
Genstar Capital and Aquiline Capital Partners have agreed to acquire Ascensus Inc. from J.C. Flowers & Co.
Inside Perspective on Transamerica-Mercer Deal
“Scale is a very important part of the economics that drive this business,” says Transamerica's Kent Callahan, telling PLANSPONSOR the...
Transamerica to Take on Mercer DC Recordkeeping Business
Transamerica will become the preferred defined contribution recordkeeping provider for Mercer's total benefit outsourcing and total retirement outsourcing clients.
Participants Welcome More Contact With Plan Providers
Younger investors are especially interested in learning more about other products.
Shift to DC Has Not Led to Less Retirement Savings
A new analysis finds that the change in pension wealth from the shift to mostly DC retirement plans is relatively...
Gen Xers and Boomers Still Feeling Effects of Market Crash
The downturn has created “post-crash skeptics.”
Advisers Shore Up Confidence in Retirement
They also prompt people to save for retirement.
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Must a Frozen 401(a) Plan Be Terminated?
“We are a large 501(c)(3) health care organization that froze its Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) 401(a) defined contribution...
Don't Get Left Behind By Money Market Fund Reform
A survey of institutional asset managers highlights persistent uncertainty and lack of preparedness around pending SEC money market reforms.
Gauging American Over-Confidence in Retirement
What is fueling the higher level of confidence Americans express about retirement?
Participant Distribution Decisions Have Implications for Plan Design
A Vanguard update to its analysis of older retirement plan participants’ distribution behavior has implications for the design of target-date...
DCIIA Says Illiquid Assets ‘Manageable’ in DC Plans
Daily valuation and trading issues associated with illiquid asset classes do not outweigh their potential performance benefits within DC plans,...
Consistency Is King When It Comes to 401(k) Contributions
Retirement plan participants who consistently contribute show greater balances.