The Financial Research Corporation (FRC) estimates that over the next five years, assets in defined contribution (DC) plans and IRAs will grow from $9.0 trillion in 2010 to...
Research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) finds that immediate annuities or longevity annuities would be effective at reaching desired income adequacy targets, especially for lower-income retirees.
In its 2011 Defined Contribution Survey, BlackRock asked plan sponsors and participants to describe the allocation of responsibility they see in retirement plans.
In its quarterly Sentiment Survey of registered investment advisers (RIAs), TD Ameritrade found 73% of respondents said business has grown in the last six months.
Conscientious and generally responsible Americans save more for retirement than others, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Retirement Research Center.
The Principal Financial Group found that plans who start auto-enrollment at a 3% deferral rate have a lower average deferral rate than plans without an automatic enrollment feature.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Retirement & Benefit Plan Services quarterly report on plan participant contribution activities found many plan sponsors are using a combination of automated and...
The fifth annual MullinTBG-PLANSPONSOR Executive Benefits Survey shows companies are using nonqualified deferred compensation plans (NQDCPs) as a valuable tool for restoring weakened retirement savings.
A UBS Survey found that a large majority of equity compensation participants feel strongly that a comprehensive understanding of their plan will help them reach a secure retirement....
Less than half of affluent investors are completely satisfied with their current employer-sponsored retirement plan provider, according to a new report released by Cogent Research.
The share of defined contribution plan participants that stopped making contributions in 2010 was significantly lower than the share that stopped contributing in 2009.
A recent working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research critically analyzes previous attempts to explain conversions of government pension provision systems, or social security systems,...
A Sun Life Financial survey suggests that over nine in ten American workers either have no idea what their health care costs are likely to be in retirement,...
Having a goal for retirement savings can cause participants to be more engaged in actively planning for their retirement, according to a survey from Diversified’s Retirement Research Council.