Participation in 403(b) plans went up during the pandemic, to over 77% of eligible employees in 2020, compared with less than 77% in 2019 and 72% in 2018, according to PSCA.
Morningstar and Plan Administrators Inc. are planning to launch the pooled employer plan early next year, pending a final rule on environmental, social and governance factors from the Department of Labor.
ESG factors can be financially material, the DOL noted. And when they are not, they can be used in a tie-breaker between similar investments.
The proposal seeks to clarify that ESG factors can be financially material. It also specifies that such investments can be used as part of the default investment options in 401(k)s.
The financial services firms that people identified as their main source of retirement advice tended to be those with the biggest 'share of wallet,' consumer research firm Hearts & Wallets found.
Saumen Chattopadhyay fills a role that had been vacant since former OneDigital CIO Jamie Battmer left the company in March.
The biggest players are getting bigger, with the top four increasing their share of the health savings account market from 56% to 60%, according to a recent report by Morningstar Inc.
The company recently received summary judgment in the case filed against it. Another company, Wesco Distribution, won a motion to dismiss in a separate case, and tech firm PTC appears to have reached a settlement in another.
The retirement plan sponsors that have signed on for the new service, which mixes target-date funds and annuities, collectively represent more than $7.5 billion in plan assets.
A report from the Urban Institute found Social Security cuts, tax increases, longer working years and higher savings levels are needed to keep retirees from funding crises in the coming years.
