During a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions’ roundtable, witnesses agreed business owners need incentives to offer retirement plans.
With defined contribution (DC) plans playing a growing role in retirement savings, one increasingly prevalent savings tool will be the target-date fund (TDF), BlackRock found.
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.
Individuals’ ages are typically more important than their marginal tax rates in determining the benefit from deferred taxation of compensation in employer-provided retirement plans.
Quantifying key retirement risks is the first step advisers can take to help their plan sponsors address them with participants, according to a report.
More than two-thirds of the very rich, with a net worth of at least $25 million, are actively involved in the day-to-day management of their investments.
The annual snapshot of U.S. household finances from Hearts & Wallets reveals a prolonged negative impact on retirees as a result of low interest rates.
The Investment Company Institute and Deloitte Consulting LLP have found total fees for defined contribution (DC) plans were lower in 2011 than in 2009.
Affluent consumer confidence rose in a recent survey by Phoenix Marketing International, which showed an uptick in those saying that economic conditions have improved.
A strong relationship still exists between an employee’s benefits enrollment experience and their perceived value of the benefits that their employer offers, a study found.