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Library » Focusing on Long-Term Return Objectives in a Low Return World
January 22, 2016 | Market Commentary
Historical Backdrop Assumptions about future returns are made every day by a wide variety of investors. Defined benefit pension plans rely on return assumptions to calculate funding status and necessary contributions while individual investors use them as a guide to determine if they are …
Library » Five Ways to Improve Employee Savings and Participation Rates
August 26, 2015 | Retirement Plans
It’s no secret that the United States faces a bubbling retirement crisis. Evidence to support this conclusion is everywhere. For example, according to EBRI, 43.3% of Early Baby Boomers are expected to fall short of their retirement savings goals by an average of $142,598 per married couple. …
Library » Required Minimum Distributions from IRAs
August 24, 2015 | Retirement Plans
Introduction Many retirees have large IRAs that grow in value over years of saving and investing in qualified retirement plans. However, the government is seeking the tax revenue from lifetime earnings that have been deferred in IRAs throughout their working years. In order to collect tax …
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Library » Raising the Bar on Target Date Due Diligence: Demographics Matter
June 22, 2015 | Retirement Plans
Manning & Napier and Strategic Insight are pleased to provide this whitepaper highlighting emerging trends and fiduciary considerations regarding certain popular industry target date due diligence tools. Investment due diligence–especially of the retirement plan’s default investment option–is …
Library » Webinar: Emerging Trends in Retirement Investment Due Diligence
June 15, 2015 | Retirement Plans
This discussion provides retirement plan advisors with industry intelligence on the recent trends in investment menu construction. In addition, it offers actionable advice on how retirement advisors can enhance their current due diligence processes with evaluation of the plan’s unique demographics …
Library » Redefining Outcomes-based Investing
May 14, 2015 | Retirement Plans
Introduction With assets continuing to flow into target date funds (TDFs) and a growing number of distinct glide path designs to choose from, it has become imperative that plan fiduciaries have an effective TDF evaluation program in place. In fact, the Department of Labor’s February 2013 …
Library » Manning & Napier’s Target Date Strategies as a Qualified Default Investment Alternative (QDIA)
June 05, 2014 | Retirement Plans
Introduction The provisions of the Pension Protection Act (PPA) of 2006 defined target date funds as one of three types of qualified default investment alternatives (QDIA) for use in qualified retirement plans. While the final regulations require plan fiduciaries to meet several technical and …
Library » Types of Qualified Plans
May 20, 2014 | Retirement Plans
Before adopting a qualified plan, an employer should first understand the various types of plans available, so that a plan that best meets the employer’s goals and objectives can be chosen. Qualified plans come in two basic flavors: Defined Contribution (DC) Plans and Defined Benefit (DB) Plans. …
Library » Profit Sharing Allocation Methods - The Better Part of Discretion
May 13, 2014 | Retirement Plans
Most Profit Sharing/401(k) Plan sponsors have the basic understanding that the plan contributions must not discriminate in favor of the owners and other highly paid participants over non-owners and non-highly paid participants. Many business owners interpret this to mean “I can’t contribute more …
Library » Common Fiduciary Considerations Related to Target Date Options
May 12, 2014 | Retirement Plans
Introduction Given the variety of target date options available in the marketplace today, how does a plan fiduciary determine which family is right for a specific plan? When evaluating target date options, it is important to keep in mind that quantitative factors play an important role. However, …