Investing | May 6th, 2020 QDIAs the Best Place for Participant Assets During Downturns QDIAs keep DC plan participants on a path for growth, but the current market volatility plants seeds of new ideas...
Investing | November 27th, 2019 Updating TDFs to Provide Better Retirement Income Three ideas for a qualified default investment alternative (QDIA) design that will better serve participants ready to retire.
Investing | November 4th, 2019 Room for More Innovation in the QDIA Sphere While TDFs have dominated for over a decade, the industry is recognizing a need for personalization of QDIAs using more...
Administration | July 10th, 2019 Sponsors of Fully Automated Retirement Plans Feel They Are Reaching Goals Seventy percent think their approach will help employees retire at their targeted retirement age, compared to only 43% of plan...
Compliance | April 22nd, 2019 Council Makes Recommendations for Including Lifetime Income Options in QDIAs The ERISA Advisory Council’s recommendations to the Department of Labor (DOL) include publishing guidance confirming that a named plan fiduciary...
Investing | January 30th, 2019 DC Plan Sponsors Slow to Adopt Hybrid QDIAs Just as defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors were once concerned about automatically enrolling employees in the plan when they didn’t...
Administration | November 19th, 2018 Some Plan Design Choices Could Undermine Participant Outcomes Setting defaults too low, choosing the wrong default investment and offering company stock as an investment option could result in...
Products | April 26th, 2018 Alight Solutions Introduces Customized Investment Product for DC Plans In partnership with AllianceBernstein and Personal Capital, WealthSpark’s investment recommendations are based on up to 18 individualized data points cultivated...
Compliance | February 23rd, 2018 IRI Calls on Congress to Pass Mandatory 401(k) Legislation A blueprint from the Insured Retirement Institute offers a guide for its dialogue with Congress and the Administration about improving...
Administration | February 8th, 2018 Morningstar Paper Lays Out Method to Determine the Best QDIA “The world is moving toward big data, and thus far as an industry we haven’t been able to use big...