Defined Contribution

Nearly 30 percent of participants in 401(k) retirement plans at Vanguard are in automatic, professionally managed investment programs, according to Vanguard's 2011 How America Saves study.

What’s the 401(k) equivalent of the horrific pictures the FDA just came out with?

Sometimes the honey of humor gets more response than the vinegar of intellect.

ING has expanded its fiduciary service offerings to help defined contribution plan sponsors navigate their responsibilities under ERISA.

Behavioral economics research discovers “common sense” 401k plan policies are more myth than reality. What can plan sponsors do to help improve their plans – at least from their employees’ perspective?

I’ve talked to dozens of HR pros who tell me one of their biggest concerns these days is having employees who can’t retire because they haven’t saved enough. It seems to be growing clearer three years after the recession that this could be a potential black hole for plan sponsors.

With no less than the Magna Carta setting precedent for prioritizing income, American fiduciaries for more than a century followed the principles set forth in an 1830 court ruling. A watershed 1969 report, later confirmed by research, forever changed the landscape and pointed the fiduciary away from income and towards...

Principal Financial Group's Aaron Friedman gives insight into the past, present, and future of 403(b) plans.