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Facts Don’t Back Recent Criticism of Voluntary Retirement Plan Market
Op-ed: ICI Chief Economist Sean Collins fires back at critics of the U.S. retirement system who seek to paint it as average or broken
Financial Vortex May Threaten U.S. Retirement Savings
Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Chris Ceder explores causes that strain participants’ ability to save and offers insights on how to get them back on track
No One is Coming to Save You From Missing Participants
Tom Hawkins has a lesson for plan sponsors who must confront the scary problem of missing participants
The Game is Changing for Target Date Funds
Marginal players fold. Newbies assail whales. Bet on the newbies.
ESG Issues Continue to Make Headlines
Groom Law’s George Sepsakos and Jake Eigner describe regulatory and political developments in the ever-shifting environmental, social and governance landscape
Best Laid Plans: Let’s Help People Not Go Astray
While we live in a world of uncertainty, LeafHouse’s Todd Kading says there are ways to provide comfort to those who would like to have a plan that doesn’t wildly shift what income they can count on in retirement
Managed Accounts Can’t Work for Defaulted 401(k) Participants
Because defaulted participants do not want to engage, you can’t know what they need and want
Unlocking the Power of Retirement Plans for Climate Action
In this op-ed, Impact Experience’s Yejide Olutosin and Jenna Nicholas discuss a recently published opinion letter providing a legally defensible framework for evaluating ESG factors in employer-sponsored retirement plans
Why a Crash Like 2008 Would Decimate Boomers in TDFs
Ron Surz says a 2008-level stock market crash would be 17 times worse today because so many more Boomers have money in target date funds
Focus Shifts to Plan Sponsors as Portability Network Set to Go Live
As operations begin in October, plan sponsors will take center stage as they begin to adopt auto portability and witness its tangible results