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We believe the recent election will have less impact on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) fiduciary duty rule than some in the media are currently speculating.[1] While some provisions may be modified by a new Administration, we believe the …
Designing sensible defined-contribution retirement-plan rules is a challenging task since most Americans do not have sufficient financial acumen and self-discipline to manage their own retirement portfolio. In spite of the fact that retirement plans constitute the bulk of their savings, …
Today the bulk of American workers’ retirement savings, worth trillions of dollars, is in self-directed individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and defined contribution pension plans. Understandably, many workers with self-directed accounts turn to financial advisers for help in matching the vast …
Federal retirement policy has long been premised on the view that many of us, if left to our own devices, will save too little for retirement. A growing literature in behavioral economics has shown that seemingly small nudges in employer …