A comprehensive, new survey that looks at defined contribution (DC) plan participant views on their understanding and appetite for alternative investments, as well as the use of artificial ...

“Defined Contribution is attractive to employers because it caps costs and keeps them in the benefits business, not in the healthcare business,” said Levitt. Greg Scandlen, senior fellow in health ...

Increasing health insurance premiums have been keeping employers up at night knowing they could be facing renewal increases of 25 to 30 percent. Health insurance helps with attracting and retaining ...

Most employers offer a defined benefit plan, where they select one or two health insurance options to offer their employees. This approach is being replaced by defined contribution plans. The shift is ...

Dallas Salisbury is chief executive of the Employee Benefit Research Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank on employee benefits issues. He has been with the institute since its founding in ...

Workers broadly expect their defined contribution retirement plans, such as 401(k)s, to be their primary source of cash when they retire. However, many workers maintain a high level of anxiety about ...

Explore the differences between SEP and Keogh plans, designed for small business owners seeking higher retirement contributions. Choose the best option for your needs.

After the Republican-controlled Florida legislature voted in June 2000 to introduce a defined contribution plan for the state’s 660,000 workers, surveys suggested that about half of them would shift ...

Few people refer to their 401(k) as a “defined contribution plan.” In fact, many people appear to perceive a 401(k) or for that matter a 403(b) plan as an “investment plan.” Many employers view their ...

Should defined-contribution plans offer exposure to private equity? Some investment advisors are now adding the asset class to the target-date strategies offered in their defined-contribution ...

Britain’s Pantheon Ventures and Partners Group of Switzerland have spent several years developing private equity–centered investment products that offer daily valuations and liquidity for typically ...