Merrill bumps Crain up to client-service post
July 14, 2008 01:00:00 AMDriven to succeed: Face to Face with Don Salama
July 07, 2008 01:00:00 AMWhen not leading the retirement services group at New York Life Retirement Plan Services Don Salama is driving professional race cars.
DC plan future is back to the past
July 07, 2008 01:00:00 AMThe business of providing services to defined contribution plans will return to its roots, with investment-only providers and insurers poised to recapture market share.
403(b) rule changes spur new approach
June 23, 2008 01:00:00 AMWith new 403(b) regulations looming, plan providers, consultants and plan sponsors are changing how they market, advise and manage the plans.
Annuities winning a placein target-date strategies
June 09, 2008 01:00:00 AMEmbedding annuities into target-date funds might be the key to offering annuities as an investment option in 401(k) plans.
CitiStreet sale OK with its clients
May 12, 2008 01:00:00 AMCitiStreet's defined contribution plan clients are sticking with CitiStreet even though the firm is being sold.
401(k) plan fees are on everyone's lips at P&I conference
May 02, 2008 01:00:00 AMSolid foundation: Face to Facewith Drew Carrington
April 14, 2008 01:00:00 AMNorthern Trust touting passive target-date funds
April 14, 2008 01:00:00 AMGlobal equity gaining favoras new option
April 14, 2008 01:00:00 AMDefined contribution plans increasingly are turning to global equity funds as an investment option, while a relative handful are starting to adopt enhanced indexed equity options.
DC special projects, plan conversions rise to the topat P&I's Eddy Awards
March 19, 2008 01:00:00 AMSome of the most creative — yet challenging — education campaigns entered into this year’s Eddy Awards from Pensions & Investments were in the special projects and conversion categories.
Execs asking hard questions in quest for excess revenue
March 17, 2008 01:00:00 AMA growing number of 401(k) plan executives are demanding to know how much in excess revenue is generated by their plans and how they can get their hands on that money to cut costs and enhance services to participants.
Eddy Awards celebrate defined contributionjob well done
March 17, 2008 01:00:00 AMIncreasing participation rates and explaining new automatic enrollment programs dominated the campaigns of many of the 2008 Eddy Award winners.
Fees, default options dominate defined contribution industry talk
March 17, 2008 01:00:00 AMFees and qualified default investment options were among the hottest topics at Pensions & Investments' 16th annual East Coast conference earlier this month in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
New wrinkle ariseson target-date funds
February 04, 2008 12:00:00 AMUBS joins the DB-ification of defined contribution plans
February 04, 2008 12:00:00 AMUBS Global Asset Management is the latest firm to jump on the retirement income bandwagon.
403(b)s slim down
January 21, 2008 12:00:00 AMExecutives overseeing 403(b) plans are switching to single bundled providers in anticipation of new IRS regulations set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2009.
Acquisitions double Hartford assets
January 07, 2008 12:00:00 AMPlan executives create fee-policy statements
December 24, 2007 12:00:00 AMA surprisingly big difference
December 24, 2007 12:00:00 AMTarget-date funds going commingled
December 24, 2007 12:00:00 AMMore 401(k) fee lawsuits expected
November 12, 2007 12:00:00 AMFourteen months after the first round of 401(k) fee lawsuits was filed, five cases are awaiting trial and lawyers are laying the groundwork for more suits.
UBS puts its weight behind move into DC market
November 12, 2007 12:00:00 AMMove over, mutual funds, here comes commingled
October 29, 2007 01:00:00 AMFees, auto enrollment dominate conference topics
October 18, 2007 01:00:00 AM