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Czech It Out: Pension Pains are Global
Wed, Apr 07, 2010
Age-related spending in the Czech Republic will be 23.4% of GDP by 2060, according to European Commission data.
Industry Views
401(k)s: They’re Not (Necessarily) Just for Employees Any More
A growing number of 401(k) plan sponsors, retirees, record keepers and regulators want retirees to stay in their plans well into, or even straight through, retirement, PIMCO has found.
The Future Of Online Customer Feedback Has Arrived
TIAA-CREF’s TC Listens website is an innovative new medium for obtaining client feedback online.
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401(k)/IRA
P. Kennedy Proposes Savings Accounts for Children
Wed, Apr 07, 2010
H.R. 4682 would create an account with $500 per year for all children at birth, with a supplement of up to $500 and matching contributions of up to $500 each year for children in families with incomes below the national median.
Two Trends in One: CTFs and TDFs
Wed, Apr 07, 2010
Collective trust funds and target date funds are ‘made for each other,’ one analyst said. But will CTF-TDF hybrids create the same false sense of security among 401(k) participants that TDF mutual funds have?
Eating the Competition’s Lunch
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
MetLife’s Retirewise program offers hundreds of brown-bag seminars, like the one depicted in this ad, for 401(k) participants at firms where MetLife isn’t the provider.
The Empire Strikes Back
Wed, Mar 17, 2010
Lest they be drowned out by 401(k) critics, major DC plan providers have formed a new trade group, the DCIIA, chaired by PIMCO's Stacy Schaus. The group supports target-date collective trusts, deemed IRAs and lifetime income options.
