NARPP Hopes to Do What Auto-Enrollment Hasn’t

By Jenna Gottlieb
The National Association of Retirement Plan Participants aims to boost 401(k) deferral rates through behavioral finance techniques. Despite its name, its direct ties are to plan sponsors and providers. (Photo of NARPP founder Laurie Rowley by Rob Myers.)

A New Robo-Advisor Eyes the 401(k) Space

By Kerry Pechter
"blooom is like a dietician who doesn’t just give you advice on how to eat. It’s like a dietician who actually drives to your store, does your grocery shopping for you and comes back to your house and cooks all your meals for you,” says blooom co-founder Chris Costello (above).

A Sense that the Worst Is Over

By Kerry Pechter
At the IRI annual conference in this quaint colonial village, the annuity industry shared a sense that, after several hellish years, the worst may be over.

Fixing the 401(k)s’ Leakage Problem

By Kerry Pechter
“I think is an opportunity for a win-win-win,” says Lew Minsky, executive director of DCIIA. “If you keep more people invested for retirement, all of the players in the system benefit. You’re growing the system.”
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The Missing Participant

By Kerry Pechter
An arena should exist where participants can express their opinions or preferences about plan design, investment options and perhaps even the amount of match they’d like to see. Sounds crazy, I know.
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A one-person defined benefit plan? Who knew?

By Editorial Staff
Personal DB plans are a potential alternative for physicians, sole practitioners, small businesses and small companies with only a few employees, according to the CEO of a company in the field.