Expanding 401k Investment Line-ups: Issues and Answers. Especially in a booming stock market, employees are likely to ask their 401k or 403b plan to add the latest and greatest investment. ...

Investment Committee: What Needs to be Pondered. Plan Sponsors are charged with the responsibility to oversee investments in any tax-qualified Retirement Plan, including participant-driven 401k Plans When tasked with ...

Target Date Funds – Next Generation Default Options and Benchmarking. As a result of the 2006 Pension Protection Act, automatic enrollment was given safe harbor and target date funds ...

The goal of defined contribution (DC) plans like 401ks and 403bs is to replace income in retirement – the first hurdle is saving enough money and investing wisely. But ...

Financial Wellness – Measuring Effectiveness – Industry At A Cross Roads.  No doubt that there’s excitement by defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors as well as the retirement industry professionals ...

With the overall growth or passive funds that track an index and target date funds (TDFs) provided by well-known indexers gaining popularity, it’s easy for plan sponsor to think ...

What is the Future of Target Date Funds? Target date funds (TDFs) are the most popular investments in defined contribution (DC) plans attracting more than half of all new ...

  What are the benefits of target date funds? As the design of defined contribution (DC) plans like 401ks and 403bs have evolved, so have the investments. Features like ...

  As part of a video series to help plan sponsors better understand target date funds (TDFs) which have grown to about $800 billion mostly from defined contribution (DC) ...

  A look at the trends and the forces that have driven markets in the past month, as well as a look ahead at what to expect for the ...