Margarida Correia

Reporter, Defined Contribution Plans

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Margarida Correia is a reporter covering the defined contribution market. Before joining P&I in 2018, she was a reporter with Bank Investment Consultant, On Wall Street and Financial Planning, three SourceMedia publications that focused on wealth management and investment advice.

Ms. Correia holds a master’s degree in business journalism as well as an MBA from the City University of New York’s Baruch College. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from Georgetown University.

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3 more record keepers waive fees on hardship withdrawals

Transamerica, MassMutual and OneAmerica are the latest record keepers to waive fees on hardship distributions from retirement accounts.
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Principal Financial has joined a growing list of record keepers cutting fees on loans and hardship withdrawals from retirement accounts.
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Sponsors face quandary in how to help participants

Defined contribution plan sponsors weigh new withdrawal and loan options for employees hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
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More than 200,000 small defined contribution retirement plans are at risk of termination due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Participants in 401(k) plans who invest solely in target-date funds could realize up to 50% more retirement wealth over 30 years.
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NEPC: Most plan sponsors see 50% chance of U.S. recession

Most pension plan sponsors believe there's a 50% or more chance that the U.S. will slide into recession due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Personal touch is the key to help participants

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John Hancock Life Insurance Co. USA has built an online college-planning portal with tools to help parents and their children.
Judge tosses stock-drop lawsuit against Papa John’s

A securities class-action lawsuit brought by the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System against Papa John's has been dismissed.

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TABB Group to close firm under pressure from virus outbreak

TABB Group has decided to wind down the firm due to pressure from the coronavirus outbreak.
Coronavirus, SECURE Act key topics at P&I's DC East conference

The SECURE Act will strengthen DC participants’ retirement, while COVID-19 tests savers’ resolve, speakers at P&I’s DC East conference said.
Oklahoma House OKs first COLA for retirees in 12 years

Oklahoma's House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would give retirees their first cost-of-living adjustment since 2008.
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The corona virus has substantially increased the risk of a recession, Harvard economist Megan Greene says.