DOL Acts to Distribute Terminated Plan Assets
February 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has received a consent judgment and order allowing it to...
Tag: Defined Contribution
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Fidelity Sees Continued Growth of 401(k) Balances
February 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Financial services provider Fidelity Investments finds the average 401(k) balance has continued to increase, ending...
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DC Plans Important to Retirement Security
February 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution (DC) plans are an important part of the U.S. retirement system, says a...
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Encouraging Savings Without a Match
February 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An employer match contribution can encourage participants to save in retirement plans, but for those...
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Plan Design Meets Big Data
February 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new tool from J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services gives sponsors and advisers a data-driven...
Participant Transfer Activity Unchanged in January
February 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – For defined contribution (DC) plan participants, average daily transfer activity in January remained unchanged from...
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The Next "Best Thing" in Retirement Plan Offerings?
February 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Over the past couple of weeks, two retirement industry providers have introduced offerings they purport...
DOL Cracking Down on Unremitted Contributions
February 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) announced enforcement efforts against two retirement plan sponsors that failed...
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Most DC Participants Maintained Status Quo in 2013
February 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most defined contribution (DC) retirement plan participants stayed the course with their asset allocations as...
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Thinking "Small" About Plan Design
February 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – For smaller plan sponsors, there’s a range of plans to consider.
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Great Recession Batters Gen X
February 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Members of Generation X, those born between the early 1960s and the mid-1980s, have seen...
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Vanguard Reports Record 401(k) Account Balances
February 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investment management firm Vanguard reports that the average account balances for 401(k) plan participants reached...
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How Are 403(b)s Ahead in the Game?
February 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – 403(b) plan sponsors are often told to take lessons from their 401(k) plan counterparts. But, in...
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Deadline for Corrective Distributions
February 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – “Our 403(b) retirement plan provides for matching contributions, which we test for satisfaction of...
SPARK Asks for Flexibility on Fee Disclosures
January 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The SPARK Institute Inc., a lobbying group for retirement plan service providers, is hoping to...
USI Consulting Adds Senior Actuarial Consultant
January 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – USI Consulting Group has hired Michelle Rubin as a senior actuarial consultant in its defined...
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Peer Pressure Could Help Raise Deferral Rates
January 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - How am I doing? Putnam Investments turns to social comparison imaging for plan participants to see...
DC Participants More Active Investors in December
January 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution (DC) plan participants saw average daily transfer activity increase in December 2013 over...
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Designing DC Plans for Income Can Yield Better Outcomes
January 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Helping employers and employees better prepare for retirement has become increasingly relevant as defined contribution...
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At Distribution Time, What Do Participants Do?
January 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Examining how participants decide to leave an employer’s plan after separating and when they begin...