Tag: Defined contribution

Many recent retirees with 401(k) accounts or rollover IRAs are doing well financially and emotionally, according to a survey analyzing retirement spending.

The concept of retirement income planning may be common parlance among industry professionals, but plan participants are still adjusting to the new age of personal accountability.

Plan advisers have an important role to plan in helping sponsors consider their options while choosing a third-party administrator (TPA).

Defined contribution (DC) plan participants on both sides of the Atlantic are worried about retirement, according to research from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA).

Voya Financial, Inc.’s retirement solutions business has launched myOrangeMoney, an online retirement planning portal that helps participants manage their accounts and plan for their unique financial future.

Natixis Global Asset Management announced plans to fund a research project focused on investor behavior and personal financial benchmarking, based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

American adults under age 30 favor cash and other lower-risk assets, even as the basis of a long-term investment strategy, according to new research.

Research from the Vanguard Group finds there are differences in defined contribution (DC) retirement plan account balances across racial and ethnic groups.

Fifty-five percent of retirement plan participants favor automatic annual increases to their account contributions.

More than seven in ten (71%) retirement plan sponsors in the health care industry utilize the services of an adviser, consultant or some other intermediary, according to a...

Several proposed tax reforms would restructure how retirement vehicles are taxed and could negatively impact retirement plans in a number of ways.

“Home country bias” is a diversification problem that is still dogging investors, new research suggests.

Nearly eight in 10 (78%) workers feel personally responsible for retirement savings, according to the LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute, and the percentage climbs higher among retirement plan participants.

Retirement plan sponsors and advisers should become familiar with laws covering employees who have served, or are serving, in the military to ensure compliance with plan administration rules,...

Defined contribution retirement plan sponsors in the health care industry are becoming more proactive in their efforts to help employees adequately prepare for retirement.

The addition of a Roth savings feature to defined contribution plans is becoming more popular.

Trading activity in defined contribution plans in June continued to be light—marking the second lowest monthly level since Aon Hewitt began tracking participant transfers in 1997.

MassMutual Retirement is partnering with BlackRock to introduce a customizable, lower-cost alternative to managed accounts for use in defined contribution (DC) retirement plans, called MassMutual Managed Allocations.

A lot can be learned about retirement plan investor behavior from the simplest of actions, according to a Putnam Investments analysis.

There are more than 40.3 million Americans aged 65 and older, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and many in the age cohort aren’t following traditional definitions of...