The firm would shift variable annuity values to fixed-interest-rate accounts for clients who accept it.
The four active ETFs the company is readying include international equity and emerging markets exposure.
Since the auto IRA was proposed 18 years ago, the only successful efforts have been in the states.
The Super Bowl indicator has been right more than 70 percent of the time, but there's no causal relationship.
There are incentives of up to $5,000 to start plans, but many business owners don't take advantage of that, EBRI found.
American Funds, which has been the top seller of target-date mutual funds for two years, says it has something new for the PEPs space.
It's a concept that's hardly new in financial services, but the brokerage is offering significantly more than competitors.
Several states have such programs, and extending the accounts to the federal level could decrease the wealth gap, legislators say
Such ETFs could become a small component of target-date funds.
The relatively young market and its reliable, asset-based fees are very attractive to investors.
