Kristi Mitchem — picked to run the defined contribution business of a combined BlackRock Inc. and Barclays Global Investors when their merger is completed — believes the DC industry has gotten a bum rap.

Corporate defined contribution plan executives are increasingly looking to keep participants in their plans after they retire as a way to keep costs down for both the retiree and the sponsor.

Arun Gowda and Lucy Pesa were named senior executives on the New York investor relations team of CQS, a London-based hedge fund manager.

The New York State Common Retirement Fund, Albany, should scrap its sole trustee system, respondents to a Pensions & Investments' survey believe.

New regulations for 403(b) plans, set to go into effect Jan. 1, are spurring consolidation of plan providers in the not-for-profit market.

Industry experts expect a more restrictive investment advice proposal later this year now that the Labor Department has killed a Bush administration regulation on advice to DC plan participants.

A startling number of older adults either lack the cognitive abilities to manage their finances or delegate that responsibility to others — a finding that could have implications for plan executives and other fiduciaries as a wave of wealthy Americans approach retirement.

Defined contribution plan executives are shopping for new record keepers with lower fees and better services as the markets and economy continue to stabilize.

Companies are starting to restore matching contributions to their 401(k) plans after extensive cost-cutting and signs of improvement in the economy and experts say these firms represent the first batch in what could be a major round of restoring company matches in coming months.

Long-duration and government bond managers were the leaders in fixed-income performance in Morningstar Inc.'s Separate Account/Collective Investment Trust database for the year ended June 30, as investors took advantage of upheaval in the credit markets.