Responsible investing can have a powerful draw for 401(k) and other defined contribution participants, helping to increase participation and contributions, according to results of a wide-ranging new survey by Calvert Investments

The Illinois State Board of Investment is automatically re-enrolling all 52,000 participants in the $4.1 billion Illinois State Employees' 457 Deferred Compensation Plan, Springfield, driving members out of the most popular investment option in the process.

Corporate defined contribution assets soon will overtake those of corporate defined benefit plans — and that could change everything.

Florida State Board of Administration plans to offer target-date funds for the first time in the Florida Retirement System's $8.5 billion 401(a) plan, while reducing the number of active investment options to bring in more multimanager approaches, effective July 1.

Orange County Board of County Commissioners hired Dahab Associates as investment consultant for the $159 million Orange County Section 457 Deferred Compensation Plan and the $38 million Orange County Section 115 Retiree Health Care Trust, both of Orlando, Fla.

Orange County Section 457 Deferred Compensation Plan will add the Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund, if an advisory committee recommendation is accepted by County Comptroller Martha O. Haynie.

Orange County Board of Commissioners, Orlando, Fla., plans to issue an RFP by mid-February for an investment consultant for the $152 million Orange County Section 457 Deferred Compensation Plan and the $38 million Orange County ., said Mark Fostier, assistant comptroller.