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Target-date fund adoption in 2012

Author(s): Jean Young, Senior Research Analyst, Vanguard Center for Retirement Research
Published: April 01, 2013

In 2012, more than one-third of participants in defined contribution plans for which Vanguard provides recordkeeping were invested in a professionally managed account option and 27% were invested in a single target-date fund (TDF). Use of TDFs in DC plans continue to grow rapidly.

Trends in Healthcare Philanthropy and the Use of Separate Foundations

Author(s): Walter J. Dillingham Jr., Leigh H. Weiss and John M. Lawson of Wilmington Trust
Published: March 16, 2012

Good Pension Governance: There Is An ROI

Author(s): Martha Spano, Buck Consultants
Published: February 22, 2012

Swaptions: A better way to express a short duration view

Author(s): Aaron Meder and Andrew Carter, Legal & General Investment Management America
Published: February 22, 2012

Pension Risk Transfer Solutions: Adding Guarantees to the Defined Benefit Pension Fixed Income Conversation

Author(s): Jay Dinunzio, Vice President & Senior Consultant at Dietrich & Associates
Published: January 05, 2012

Lifetime Retirement Income: Annuities and Beyond

Author(s): Howard Biggs; Scott Dunbar, JD; Vincent Galindo; Jacob O’Shaughnessy, CFA; Jillian Perkins
Published: October 20, 2011

Institutionalizing DC Plans: Reasons Why and Methods How

Author(s): Lew Minsky, DCIIA; Lori Lucas, Callan Associates; Suzanne van Staveren, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Published: October 19, 2011

Public Pension Plans in Focus

Author(s): Tim Rouse, vice president of public markets for ING Retirement
Published: September 20, 2011

How Do Changes in International Accounting Standards for Pensions Foretell the Direction of Future Changes in the U.S.?

Author(s): Michael Marks, vice president and consulting actuary at Sibson Consulting, and Stewart D. Lawrence, a senior vice president and the national Retirement Practice leader at Sibson Consulting
Published: July 06, 2011

Target-Date Funds: An Open-Architecture Structure Offers Distinct Advantages

Author(s): William Evans, CFA, Head of Manager Research and Selection, and Tom Applegate, CFA, Senior Portfolio Specialist, Multi-Asset Strategies and Solutions Group of ING Invesmtnet Management
Published: June 20, 2011

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