Designing Successful Target-Date Strategies for Defined Contribution Plans: Putting Participants on the Optimal Glide Path

Stacy L. Schaus

mars 2010 · Vendu par John Wiley & Sons

À propos de cet e-book

The ultimate guidebook for navigating the new world of pensions and retirement plans

In the wake of the explosive growth of defined contribution (DC) plans invested with target date strategies, and the understanding of how important these strategies can be in effectively meeting retirement income goals, plan sponsors are seeking more optimal target date approaches. This timely book provides you with in-depth answers from the nation's most qualified and experienced experts to pressing questions about DC plan design.

• Presents the views of individuals from all across the market
• Includes a broad range of plan sponsors both in the corporate world and in the public/government sectors
• Offers views from consultants and advisors from the most respected firms, academics who teach at leading universities, and other innovative leaders

With a broad range of knowledge and insight, Designing Successful Target Date Strategies in Defined Contribution Plans helps you understand the evolution of DC plans, pulls together all angles of what it takes to develop custom target date strategies, and provides you with a look ahead to the future.

À propos de l'auteur

STACY L. SCHAUS, CFP, is a senior vice president and the defined contribution practice leader at PIMCO, which manages over $130 billion in DC assets. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2006, she was a founder and president of Hewitt Financial Services LLC, where she created the Hewitt 401(k) Index. Ms. Schaus has nearly thirty years of investment experience. She has written extensively on defined contribution issues, including PIMCO DC Dialogue, and has been named by 401kWire as one of the fifty most influential leaders in defined contribution for 2010. Stacy is the Founding Chairperson of the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association, as well as a board and research committee member for the Employee Benefit Research Institute. She also is a former board member of the Financial Planning Association.