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June 2026
Executive Summary: 2026 Recordkeeper Distribution Study
Public Access: Beginning in 2024, the DCIIA Retirement Research Center (RRC) conducts a biennial study to measure recordkeepers’ changing perspectives and priorities when it comes to offering retirement income solutions. The study aims to build a more complete picture of their attitudes towards guaranteed and non-guaranteed solutions, future plans for implementation, and rationale behind both action and inaction related to
June 2026
2026 Recordkeeper Distribution Study (Full Report)
Beginning in 2024, the DCIIA Retirement Research Center (RRC) conducts a biennial study to measure recordkeepers’ changing perspectives and priorities when it comes to offering retirement income solutions. The study aims to build a more complete picture of their attitudes towards guaranteed and non-guaranteed solutions, future plans for implementation, and rationale behind both action and inaction related to
retirement income solutions.
June 2026
Snapshot | Plan Sponsor Implications and Considerations
This paper is part of a series of short papers designed to provide an overview of key issues that may be a helpful starting point when plan sponsors and others are discussing retirement income in defined contribution plans. Please
be sure to search the DCIIA Resource Library using keyword “retirement income” for other papers in the series and additional resources and updates.
June 2026
Snapshot | Retirement Income: Participant Risks in Retirement
This paper is part of a series of short papers designed to provide an overview of key issues that may be a helpful starting point when plan sponsors and others are discussing retirement income in defined contribution plans. Please
be sure to search the DCIIA Resource Library using keyword “retirement income” for other papers in the series and additional resources and updates.
June 2026
Snapshot | Retirement Income: Reasons Why Plan Sponsors Are Considering
This paper is part of a series of short papers designed to provide an overview of key issues that may be a helpful starting point when plan sponsors and others are discussing retirement income in defined contribution plans. Please
be sure to search the DCIIA Resource Library using keyword “retirement income” for other papers in the series and additional resources and updates.
June 2026
Snapshot | Retirement Income: Introduction and Policy Background
This paper is part of a series of short papers designed to provide an overview of key issues that may be a helpful starting point when plan sponsors and others are discussing retirement income in defined contribution plans. Please
be sure to search the DCIIA Resource Library using keyword “retirement income” for other papers in the series and additional resources and updates. The DOL may provide further clarification and support or the adoption of lifetime income solutions as it finalizes the proposed regulations. This paper will be updated periodically as the situation evolves.
June 2026
Member Content - Behavioral Finance
Please find the latest collection of thought leadership from industry leaders on Behavioral Finance here.
June 2026
Member Content - PEPs
Please find the latest collection of thought leadership from industry leaders on PEPs here.
June 2026
Member Content - Legal, Regulatory, Policy
Please find the latest collection of thought leadership from industry leaders on legal and regulatory topics here.
