Tag: Defined contribution

Putnam Investments has hired Michael Shamon and Daniel McDermott for senior positions in defined contribution sales and client relations.

The Government Accountability Office contends that the shift away from defined benefit retirement plans to more defined contribution plans has resulted in disproportionate benefits for American workers.

The Center for Retirement Research has found that defined contribution plans may have a role in the public sector, but in combination with, not as an alternative to,...

It should come as no surprise that the vast majority of plan sponsors who have adopted automatic enrollment have chosen to default that initial deferral at 3%...

Defined contribution (DC) plan participants pay the most attention to their current balance (42%), rather than other plan elements.

Russell Investments has hired Chris Barlow as a defined contribution specialist for the firm’s U.S. adviser-sold business.

Allianz Global Investors Distributors (AGID) announced that Nick Loglisci Jr. has joined the firm as Managing Director in the Defined Contribution (DC) group.

Invesco has rolled out PlanForward Foundations, a series of toolkits designed to help financial advisers grow their defined contribution (DC) business.

The adoption of cash balance plans has slowed to a trickle since the passage of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, according to Sibson Consulting, a division of...

Total assets held in employer-sponsored retirement plans was $10.2 trillion at the end of 2010, up 11% from $9.3 trillion a year earlier, a Spectrem Group analysis indicates.

Vanguard research shows that defined contribution (DC) savings for most participants continued to grow over three- and five-year periods, even during the turbulent years of 2008–2009.

Working Americans are a lot less confident about their retirement prospects, according to a new report. 

Towers Watson published a report analyzing investment rates of returns in defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) plans before and after the recession.

Russell Investments hired Richard Davies as managing director, defined contribution (DC).

Steven Moen joins UBS in the newly created position of Executive Director of Defined Contribution and Retirement Solutions Group.

Laying it all out on the table, PLANSPONSOR and PLANADVISER’s Editor-in-Chief, Nevin E. Adams, opened the first Virtual PLANADVISER National Conference (VPANC) by outlining the top 10 trends...

Towers Watson took an in-depth look at defined contribution (DC) plans among Fortune 100 companies, focusing on plan design and investment options.

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J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPAM) has tapped John Galateria as managing director, head of Defined Contribution Investment Solutions (DCIS). 

A review of the Form 5500 filings from 2008 confirms what even the most casual pension observer knows.