Investing | March 9th, 2015 Is Glide Path-Investing Right for Everyone? Assuming all retirement portfolios will be spent down by the time of the owner’s death leaves some investors with less-than-optimal...
Participants | March 6th, 2015 Participants Appreciate Guidance About Retirement Plan Investing Nearly one-third of investors surveyed said they most need advice about which retirement plan funds to invest in.
Data and Research | March 5th, 2015 Helping Women Become ‘Smart Savers’ Closes Gender Gap It’s a common research finding that men, on average, have more saved for retirement than women have, but new BlackRock...
Participants | February 26th, 2015 Participants May Be Overlooking Appropriate Investment Options Nearly four out of 10 retirement plan participants are not familiar with all the investment options in their plan.
Products | February 26th, 2015 Vanguard Adds to Low-Fee TDF Lineup Vanguard says it is expanding its family of target-date funds, with plans to introduce a new line of low-fee Institutional...
Products | February 25th, 2015 Aon Hewitt Tool Evaluates Asset Managers A new investment research tool from Aon Hewitt provides “insightful and transparent” ratings of thousands of investment products, based on...
Investing | February 25th, 2015 Plan Sponsors Act Defensively in Making Investment Decisions Institutional investors are not acting fully on their own expectations when making their asset-allocation decisions, research suggests.
Administration | February 25th, 2015 Some DC Plans Not Taking Advantage of QDIAs Half of plan sponsors do not take advantage of qualified default investment alternative safe harbor protections, a survey finds.
Administration | February 23rd, 2015 Automation Trends Going Strong in DC Plans Advice has taken on new dimensions in the retirement space, according to Cerulli Associates, and is often implemented automatically and...
Investing | February 19th, 2015 Northern Trust Agrees to Settle Securities Lending Suit Northern Trust wants to put an end to litigation that has been ongoing since 2009.
Investing | February 18th, 2015 DB Plan Investment Consultants Looking Globally for Growth With traditional fixed-income investments continuing to provide unattractive returns, consultants to defined benefit retirement plans are looking for opportunities overseas.
Investing | February 13th, 2015 Weak Q4 Dampened Master Trust Returns in 2014 Returns in the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe were positive in 2014, but a weak forth quarter pushed performance well...
Investing | February 12th, 2015 For Pensions, Active Investing Pays Off A new report from CEM Benchmarking claims to have settled, at least in part, the active versus passive investing debate...
Participants | February 12th, 2015 Women and Money: Solid Skills, Need Confidence Women are pretty competent at managing their finances and saving for retirement, but when it comes to judging their own...
Participants | February 11th, 2015 DC Plan Trading Activity Picked Up in January A volatile start to the year on Wall Street fueled higher-than-usual trading activity among defined contribution plan participants in January,...
Administration | February 10th, 2015 Getting the Best Service from an OCIO Provider Trust, transparency and time are essential ingredients of the successful OCIO and plan sponsor relationship, says Towers Watson in its...
Products | February 10th, 2015 Voya, Alliance Bernstein Create Income Product A new retirement income investment option from Voya Financial and AllianceBernstein seeks to deliver a sustainable lifetime income strategy for...
Data and Research | February 9th, 2015 U.S. Pensions Show Greatest Home Bias in Equities Home-country bias in equity holdings has declined among pension plans globally.
Products | February 9th, 2015 New TDF Evaluation Tool from Greenspring Wealth Greenspring Wealth Management has launched the Target Date (k)larity evaluation tool, aimed at supporting the fiduciary needs of retirement plan...
Deals and People | February 5th, 2015 LSEG Will Sell Part of Russell Investments The London Stock Exchange Group says it intends to sell the investment management portion of Russell Investments, while keeping Russell’s...