Research from Cerulli Associates, a Boston-based research and analytics firm, shows retirement rollover contributions to individual retirement accounts (IRAs) reached $321 billion during 2012.
A paper published in The Journal of Retirement argues that asset-allocation glide paths popularized in target-date funds (TDFs) fail to deliver superior end-point wealth.
The 401(k) market’s annual growth rate is holding at 9% and could push total assets beyond $4.2 trillion next year, a report from Ignites Retirement Research shows.
Since its introduction nearly 30 years ago, the 401(k) has evolved from a perk for high-paid executives to an essential benefit to finance the retirement of the middle...
The right metrics and valuation strategy can help defined contribution (DC) plan investment committees cut through the complexity of evaluating target-date fund (TDF) performance.
A series of animated “whiteboards,” released by New York Life Retirement Plan Services, aims to illustrate prominent 401(k) planning concepts for employer-sponsored retirement plan participants.
Defined contribution (DC) plans currently account for approximately half of participants’ total investable wealth, according to the Cogent Research DC Participant Planscape Study.