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What Are The Benefits Of A Managed Account?

What Are The Benefits Of A Managed Account?

When considering managed accounts inside a retirement plan, you may want to consider two questions: Why offer a managed account in a retirement plan? Can personalization be available without investing through a managed account? A managed account is a personalized...
What Is A Target Date Fund?

What Is A Target Date Fund?

Target date funds came into existence three years prior to 2006. And what’s so critical about 2006 is that the Pension Protection Act introduced an item called qualified default investment alternative, or QDIA, which basically gave fiduciary relief for employers who...
Personalize Your Retirement Plan

Personalize Your Retirement Plan

Personalization is the action to design and implement something to meet or anticipate participants’ needs based on individual circumstances. It is offering participants tailored experiences to keep them on track for their own benefit. Data is the lifeblood of...
iGPS – A Case for Personalization

iGPS – A Case for Personalization

The Congress, on May 6, 2021, issued a letter[1] to the GAO, stating “[t]he employer-provided retirement system must effectively serve its participants and retirees, and we are concerned certain aspects of TDFs may be placing them at risk. TDFs are often billed as set...