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Editor’s Note: This is Part II of a two-part series on a recent report by the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su. Part I is here.
Recordkeeping has long been moving from paper-based to electronic. The Advisory Council on Employee...
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It’s the latest iteration of the auto revolution (enrollment, escalation, portability). While not directly related to 401(k)s, an idea for automatic adjustments involves retirement income—specifically, Social Security.
Alicia Munnell and William Arnone, two familiar names in retirement plan...
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A recent “news” post about a blog post finds some curious “faults” with the 401(k).
The news item carried the provocative title “‘Rich Dad’ Robert Kiyosaki Reveals Why the 401(k) Is a ‘Horrible’ Retirement Plan.” It originally ran on GoBankingRates.com, but was subsequently picked up in...
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Longevity and greater spending are "putting the U.S. retirement system under immense strain," BlackRock CEO Larry Fink wrote in his annual shareholder letter.
In the letter, bluntly titled “Time to Rethink Retirement,” Fink argued that capital markets will be critical in addressing what he called...
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Editor’s Note: This is Part II of a two-part series highlighting some trends involving private-sector pension plans in the early part of 2024. Part I is here.
According to the U.S. Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) report Aon released March 20, there was a surge in PRT activity in the fourth quarter of...
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While collective investment trusts (CITs) almost caught mutual funds in 2023 as the most popular target-date vehicle, it appears likely they will overtake mutual funds by the end of 2024.
According to Morningstar’s annual Target-Date Strategy Landscape Report released March 26, CITs—which since...
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Washington is the latest state to run a retirement program that will provide coverage for private-sector employees whose employers do not.
On March 27, Pat Sullivan, Executive Director of Legislative Affairs in Inslee’s office, issued an announcement that SB 6069 was among the bills the Gov. Jay...
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March 2024 Episode Description:
With the aging population growing so rapidly and birth rates declining, many industries could face labor shortages. As many employers face a coming wave of baby-boomer retirements, the gaps in...
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Editor’s Note: This is Part I of a two-part series highlighting some trends involving private-sector pension plans in the early part of 2024.
The winter doldrums were anything but this year, at least as far as pension funds are concerned. At the very least, regarding funding, shedding liabilities...
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Another suit filed against flexPATH by the law firm of Schlichter Bogard, LLP has been dismissed—with prejudice—though it seems to have turned more on good outcomes than prudent processes.
This suit (Mills v. Molina Healthcare, Inc., C.D. Cal., No. 2:22-cv-01813, complaint 3/18/22) was filed by...
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