Tag: Defined contribution

Defined contribution (DC) plans could improve participants' retirement outcomes by adopting practices of defined benefit (DB) plans and other institutional investors.

The goals and designs of defined contribution (DC) plans are evolving as defined benefit (DB) plans are increasingly replaced.

 Following the final Department of Labor (DOL) 408(b)(2) and 404(a)(5) regulations, many providers and plan sponsors were unprepared, but there are best practices to avoid an audit.

Dedicated Defined Benefit Service rolled out an improved retirement comparison tool for advisers.

Lincoln Financial Group is encouraging Americans to save for their retirement through a video series that kicks off during National Save for Retirement Week, October 21 to October...

Amid market volatility, the changing role of defined contribution (DC) retirement plans, a shrinking work force and longer life expectancy, plan sponsors must tackle more issues threatening plan...

Russell Investments recently redesigned its Russell LifePoints Institutional Target Date Fund (TDF) suite to offer both active and passive investment options, plus real assets.

 While more than half of plan sponsors offer target-date funds (TDFs) in defined contribution (DC) plans, only half of them use TDFs as the default.  

 AllianceBernstein has found that whether plan participants consider themselves “active” or “accidental” investors, they give target-date funds (TDFs) praise.   

 The U.S. retirement income system advanced from 10th last year to 9th in the 2012 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index.   

Alternatives are increasingly being used across defined contribution (DC) plans as a risk-management strategy.

The number of Fortune 100 companies offering new salaried employees only a defined contribution (DC) plan rose in 2012, a Towers Watson survey found.

Despite efforts to improve defined contribution (DC) plan participation and savings, employers lack confidence in the retirement readiness of their employees.

Dimensional Managed DC has been rolled out on a platform by ASPire Financial Services LLC and OBS Financial Services Inc.

A record number of health care organizations are offering enhanced features in their defined contribution (DC) plans.

SunGard released a new version of its Omni Web Solution for defined contribution and defined benefit plan participants, plan sponsors and customer representatives.

Defined contribution plan participants transferred assets from equities into fixed-income investments again in August, according to the Aon Hewitt 401(k) Index.

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) launched a website that offers information about fee disclosures to help workers with defined contribution (DC) retirement plans.

American workers are not saving enough for retirement—and risk the regret felt by current retirees who made that mistake, according to research from BlackRock.

A white paper contends defined benefit (DB) plans are positioned to make a comeback.