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Benartzi Says 401(k) Success Hinges on Improving Access, Removing 3 Obstacles: CFDD 2011
By Danielle AndrusIts not enough to think about improving outcomes.
October 20, 2011
7 Processes for Retirement Planning: CFDD 2011Retirement planning has been pushed as a product over the past several years, Jack Gardner of Thornburg Investments said. Advisors who focus on planning as a process rather than pushing a series of products, though, will get more assets.
October 20, 2011
Benartzi, Thaler and Previtero Attack the ‘Annuity Puzzle’Financial industry professionals have long grappled with the so-called 'annuity puzzle'-the quandary as to why savers who would seem to rationally benefit from annuitizing a portion of their savings do not avail themselves of the opportunity.
October 19, 2011
FINRA, LIMRA Cite Workers' Lack of Retirement SavingsJust at FINRA urged workers on Tuesday to save more in their 401(k) plans in order to receive their full employer match, LIMRA Retirement Research said the same day that 40% of Americans 18 and older save nothing each month toward retirement.
October 18, 2011
Pozen Argues for $5T Plan to Cut U.S. Debt: Retirement Income SymposiumBob Pozen, the chairman emeritus of MFS Investments in Boston, has a long-term plan to cut the enormous U.S. debt, and it involves Social Security, the only big number that we know how to solve.
October 18, 2011
At CFDD 2011, Use ‘Positive Manipulation’ to Influence Client BehaviorThe primary goal of using behavioral finance principles in your practice is to 'positively manipulate behavior on a subconscious level,' Darrin Farrow said on Monday at the 2011 Center for Due Diligence conference.
October 18, 2011
At CFDD 2011, TDFs Prove Their ValueAre target-date funds being used as they were intended? Carol Waddell, vice president of product management for T. Rowe Price, posed this question to attendees on Monday at the Center for Due Diligences 2011 conference in Chicago.
October 17, 2011
At CFDD 2011, Peng Chen Emphasizes Human Capital'If you take a step back and really think about what were in this business for, its helping the individual investor,' said Peng Chen, president of Morningstar Ibbotson, as he opened the conference of the Center for Due Diligence 2011.