Defined contribution plans

• Providing adequate retirement income for employees through cash balance plans

  By John B. Wukitsch, Neil Hagin | 17 April 2018

  Milliman helps a regional financial services employer design a retirement program that would better meet its future needs.

• Bitcoin: Should plan sponsors consider it for retirement plans?

  By Charles Hodge | 09 March 2018

  Is bitcoin an appropriate investment vehicle for retirement plan sponsors?

• One size doesn’t fit all: Deploying systems management for M&A solutions in defined contribution plans

  By Ryan Coonley | 05 March 2018

  When plan sponsors undergo mergers or acquisitions, timelines are often compressed and a specialized third party may not be able to coordinate payroll programming.

• 2018 key administrative dates and deadlines for calendar-year defined contribution retirement plans

  By Milliman Employee Benefits Research Group | 07 February 2018

  Key administrative dates and deadlines for defined contribution retirement plans subject to ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code.

• PBGC's missing participants program now covers defined contribution plans

  By Milliman Employee Benefits Research Group | 05 February 2018

  CAB 18-1: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s recently released final rule updating the agency’s regulations on missing participants in terminated single-employer defined benefit plans newly extends the program to retirement plans not previously covered.

• Addressing the need for lifetime income in a post-defined benefit plan world

  By Kari Jakobe | 04 December 2017

  This article summarizes some of the approaches commonly used by retirees to convert their lump-sum distribution into a lifetime of retirement income.

• Monthly Benefit News and Developments, November 2017

  By Milliman Employee Benefits Research Group | 07 November 2017

  Monthly benefits news and developments in the United States.

• Case study: Automatic enrollment with auto increase, re-enrollment, and fee equalization

  By Kevin D. Skow | 30 October 2017

  Milliman assists a client in revamping a retirement plan through design elements and procedural policies.

• OregonSaves and other state-run retirement programs may require employer action

  By Milliman Employee Benefits Research Group | 29 August 2017

  CAB 17-1: P.L. 115-35, a bill “disapproving” a Department of Labor final rule that permitted states to create retirement savings programs for nongovernmental workers whose employers do not sponsor a retirement plan, was recently signed into law.

• Asia retirement income report

  By Wade Matterson, Richard W. Holloway, Paul Sinnott, Michael Daly | 05 May 2017

  This report sets out perspectives and an analysis of the current and future state of the market for retirement income in Asia Pacific.

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