Retirement

The retirement system continues to change, with close to half of all corporate DB plans now closed to new entrants.

Stock market swings reiterate need for ongoing retirement plan communication.

Target-date fund participants are more confident they’ll reach their retirement goals and have higher contribution rates than non-TDF user, survey finds.

Ron Shaw, retirement program manager for Paychex, focuses on the retirement readiness of the company’s young workforce.

The adoption rate of managed accounts remains low, yet retirement plan participants who use them report higher projected retirement wealth and better portfolio diversification.

Commentary: We find our clients like having a guaranteed income, and they also like having buckets of income that start at different times and are taxed in different ways.

Americans express lower overall retirement confidence than in years past, but rank saving for retirement a top priority.

Commentary: Where do these fees go? There are a number of hands in the pot. Here are the three entities that collect on 401(k) fees.

Schwab’s Steve Anderson talks managed accounts, QDIAs and the increased attention to financial wellness.

Group pension buy-outs are usually seasonal, with the most activity happening in the fourth quarter, but industry analysts are seeing a trend toward more sales throughout the year.

While employees see the value in their 401(k) plan, many admit they don’t use it to its full advantage because of competing financial priorities.

Commentary: But are financial professionals being adequately engaged to help with 403(b) plans? ‘Surprising’ results from the latest Plan Sponsor Council of America 403(b) Survey.

Volatility has returned to U.S. stock markets with a vengeance. How will 401(k) plan participants react?

Watching the hearings on the DOL’s proposed conflict of interest rule was similar to watching an extremely competitive tug of war match with the DOL on one side and industry insiders on the other.

Many 401(k) plan participants are convinced that active management no longer works. But is a passive-only strategy appropriate?

After four days of public hearings, in which dozens of participants weighed in, the Labor Department is one step closer to implementing a new fiduciary standard, the scope of which heartens supporters and troubles critics.

Retirement plan sponsors have tried to make it easy for employees to participate in their plans and save enough for retirement and their efforts appear to be paying off.

The DOL’s proposed fiduciary rule would likely push some commission-based brokers out of the retirement market altogether, NAIFA’s JuIi McNeely testified during the second day of DOL hearings on the proposed rule.

Commentary: How do we help employees get to the point they can feel they can retire, asks columnist John Ludwig.

As the Department of Labor hears from the retirement plan services industry this week during hearings into its proposed fiduciary rule, new research reveals many 401(k) plan sponsors are eyeing formal reviews of their plans.