Speaking before the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, pointed out that sometimes in a crisis... Read More
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BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/6/2012
Americans are both curious and competitive, which ING is trying to leverage to help them save more for their retirement. New research data loaded on their INGCompareme.com website allows people to... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/4/2012
Though the prospect of more DB plans in large and mid-sized companies is bleak, estimates indicate that there is as much money in private DB plans as there is in DC plans. Companies with DB plans are... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/3/2012
With growing concern about health care costs on the part of both employers and workers, the popularity of health savings accounts should grow. Unlike Section 125 cafeteria plans where you lose what... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 12/3/2012
The total amount of assets held by private-sector retirement plans increased 14%, to $6.3 trillion, in 2010, according to the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). Defined benefit plan... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/3/2012
Here are the 10 most-read items on NAPA Net last month, listed Letterman-style:10. What my Nana Taught Me About Social Media 9. Financial Advice Makes a Crucial Difference, TIAA-CREF Finds 8.... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/3/2012
FYI, we’ve updated our list of national record keepers. The National 401(k) Record Keepers list includes vendors that provide record keeping services at the national level. This means that they have... Read More
BY Fred Barstein | 11/30/2012
Now that the election is over, we have a good sense of the people who will drive pension and retirement policy and their positions. While no one can really predict what regulators and Congress will... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 11/29/2012
The growth of RIA firms continues, fueled by recruitment, breakaway brokers and clients putting more money into the channel, according to a study by the market research firm Cerulli Associates.... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 11/28/2012
In today’s world of instant gratification, it’s no wonder that workers value short-term benefits the most. According to a worldwide study of more than 10,000 workers conducted by Mercer, a salary... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 11/28/2012
According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), the three-year decline in participation rates precipitated by the Great Recession halted in 2011, as 54% of full-time workers age 21-64... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 11/26/2012
Using data from Denmark, an academic researcher showed that tax breaks for retirement savings have little effect on how many people save, especially those with lower incomes. As reported in a New... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 11/26/2012
Though the market rebounded last week, investors pulled out of equities, according to a Lipper report for the week ending Nov. 21. It may have been the threat of the impending fiscal cliff that... Read More
BY Rick Meigs | 11/20/2012
From a plan sponsor’s perspective, which plan providers are doing the best job? A large number of respondents to the just-released 2012 PLANSPONSOR Defined Contribution Survey indicated a decline in... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 11/19/2012
Some advisors argue whether the recent DOL fee disclosure regs were either the latest version of Y2K, or the biggest waste of paper known to mankind. While no one is arguing against fee transparency... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 11/19/2012
A survey by TIAA-CREF shows that people receiving individualized financial advice (compared with general guidance) are more likely to act — yet many people find it hard to get that advice or think it... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 11/16/2012
A recent EBRI Issue Brief analyzed information from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF),[1. The Survey of Consumer Finances is, as its name suggests, a survey of consumer households “to provide... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 11/15/2012
With Democrats now controlling the New Hampshire legislature, the Granite State’s move toward DC plans and away from DB plans for new government workers seems to be dead. States and local government... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 11/15/2012
It seems that American workers and employers have listened to NYU economist Paul Romer’s advice that a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. A new study conducted by the Transamerica Center for... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 11/14/2012
Cogent Research recently released their second annual “Retirement Plan Advisor Trends” study designed to help providers understand the behaviors and preferences of plan advisors. Based on a web... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 11/13/2012
Michael Davis, Phyllis Borzi’s right hand man at the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, will join Prudential Retirement as head of its stable value business. Davis left... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 11/12/2012
Fidelity recently reported the highest accounts balances ever — $75,900 — in the 12 years it has been tracking that metric. This is up 4.2% from the previous quarter, and represents an increase of 18... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 11/12/2012
By Debra DavisAdvisors know that they provide participants with significant help in preparing for retirement. Recent studies by the Principal Financial Group and the Pension Research Council now... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 11/9/2012
As the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic continues to recover from Hurricane Sandy, I was reminded that it was only a little over a year ago that Hurricane Irene came barreling up the East Coast. At that... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 11/9/2012
Based on a snapshot survey of retirement plans by the PSCA, it appears that participant fee disclosure has had little impact on participants — but it has caused 15.4% of employers to issue an RFP or... Read More
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