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NEPC Survey: Majority of Defined Benefit Plans Expect Recession, Negative Returns Due to COVID-19

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NEPC, LLC one of the industry's largest independent, research-driven investment consulting firms, today announced the results of a survey of defined benefit plan sponsors, conducted to gauge their views on the U.S. economy and investment strategies amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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PlanSponsor: Investment Product and Service Launches

NEPC's IDAC launch was included in PlanSponsor's weekly roundup of new investment products and services.

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Financial Advisor: DC Plan Assets Funneling Into Target Date Funds

Ross Bremen was recently featured in a Financial Advisor article discussing the 2019 Defined Contribution Plan & Fee Survey results.

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Pensions & Investments: DC plans' use of default auto escalation on the rise — NEPC

NEPC's 2019 Defined Contribution Plan & Fee Survey results were featured in a recent P&I article. 

The use of auto escalation as a default feature in defined contribution plans has increased substantially since 2010, according to NEPC's annual Defined Contribution and Fee Survey.

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NEPC Survey: Defined Contribution Plans Adopting Auto-Features and Flexible Distributions to Address Retirement Crisis

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NEPC, LLC one of the industry's largest independent, research-driven investment consulting firms, today announced the results of their 2019 Defined Contribution Plan and Fee Survey. The survey looks at trends in the management of America's employee-fueled retirement plans by examining the prevalence of plan features relating to increasing savings rates, professionalizing the investment decision, and facilitating the distribution of assets at retirement. The results of NEPC's survey shows how plan sponsors are using innovative strategies to address many of the unique challenges posed by the "new American retirement."

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