A slide deck from the RRC and BMO Global Asset Management, covering survey methodology, four distinct ESG investor personas (Motivated, Ready, Pragmatic, and Skeptical), and strategies for increasing participant engagement through ESG investing and active ownership.

In this second-in-a-series white paper, we discuss how plan sponsors can determine whether managed accounts could be right for their plans.

From the 2020 DCIIA/SPARK Summer Public Policy Series, ESG implementation and differences across global DC systems.

A joint survey by the DCIIA Retirement Research Center and the SPARK Institute found sharply divergent pandemic-era impacts on RFP volumes: recordkeepers saw a 47% decline and consultants/RIA aggregators saw a 50-60% drop, while DCIOs reported average volume increases of 453%. The release notes that travel restrictions were a key driver of the recordkeeper decline, while fund performance reviews prompted an uptick in DCIO activity.

A presentation which show demographic trends such as increasing longevity and gender pension gaps, compares international pension systems and retirement approaches, and explores strategies for improving retirement income through plan design, annuitization, investment-based solutions, and enhanced participant engagement across defined contribution systems.

This paper includes a review of the basics of managed accounts, a summary of their usage over time, a description of how they can be offered, and considerations for determining if they are right for a particular DC plan, and if so, in what ways.

A DCIIA and SPARK webinar presentation on financial wellness that examines challenges such as income volatility, lack of emergency savings, gender disparities in retirement income, and the financial impact of caregiving and student loan debt, while highlighting opportunities for the retirement industry to improve financial security through policy initiatives, workplace savings solutions, and innovative benefit designs.

Comment letter submitted by DCIIA re: Improving Investment Advice for Workers & Retirees.