There’s no shortage of discussion in the retirement plan advisory business about the disruptive power of technology, and how business models may transform in the years ahead.
In an effort to combat participant inertia, more plan sponsors are considering the process of re-enrollment, says a recent brief from J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
Target-date funds (TDFs) are again put in the Department of Labor (DOL) spotlight for comments. Widely held in retirement accounts, TDFs may not be fully understood by investors.
It can improve participants’ portfolio construction, asset allocation and also participant outcomes. So what should advisers tell reluctant plan sponsors about auto re-enrollment?
“While we as advisers understand a lot of pieces of the puzzle, the plan sponsor doesn’t,” Keith Gredys, CEO and president of Kidder Benefits Consultants Inc., told attendees...
A recent white paper examined how improved transparency with target-date funds would help retirement plan fiduciaries better understand the funds’ holdings.
Although plan sponsors report high satisfaction levels with their current QDIA (qualified default investment alternatives) investment managers, opportunities exist for aspiring managers to differentiate themselves.
In a live Web chat discussing the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration’s (EBSA) Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, Assistant Secretary of Labor Phyllis C. Borzi said the Agency will...
I’ve long had an issue with weight scales, for the perhaps obvious reason that, these days, they frequently deliver a message I’d just as soon not receive.