4Q20 Highlights
Our Defined Contribution in Review is designed to help CEOs, CFOs, treasurers, human resource and benefits professionals and investment committees stay abreast of recent events that could have an impact on plans or plan participants. Inside you will find quarterly highlights, timely insights about the retirement readiness of plan participants, a summary of new and pending legislation, news from the DOL and other regulatory bodies, updates on ERISA cases and a brief synopsis of global retirement issues.
Key topics from this quarter’s edition:
- Innovative ideas and best practices from P&I’s 2020 Excellence and Innovation Award recipients
- Understanding the pandemic’s impact on retirement plans and participant confidence
- Bipartisan support for SECURE 2.0 and new policy proposals for ESG in retirement plans
- New IRS life expectancy tables and final rules from the DOL on ESG investing
- The latest in new, settled and dismissed excessive fee lawsuits
- Outcomes of the Australian climate change lawsuit settlement
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FEATURED ARTICLE
2020 Plan Investment Trends
Plan fiduciaries have long understood the need for a diversified portfolio. However, fixed income has received neither the attention nor prominence of equities in most defined contribution menus. Research shows most plans offer three times as many equity options as fixed income options.
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