Defined contribution plans: a successful cornerstone of our nation's retirement system
While market conditions change regularly, so do the laws that govern retirement plans. As a result, the Principal Financial Group® is dedicated to helping you not only understand market conditions, but also to helping guide you through these legislative and regulatory changes.
New research report to help you understand the importance of defined contribution plans
As part of our commitment to advocating on your behalf, we played a leading role in helping to develop Defined Contribution Plans: A Successful Cornerstone Of Our Nation's Retirement System. This new white paper from the American Benefits Council is currently being used in the nation's capital to provide critical context and information as lawmakers consider changes to the nation's retirement system.
What the report can help you understand
The report outlines the critical impact of defined contribution plans on our nation's retirement security, including:
- Their importance to millions of workers
- The crucial role played by employers
- Increasing participation
- Recent improvements
- Understanding the advantages
- Dealing with market conditions
Get the report now
Defined Contribution Plans: A Successful Cornerstone Of Our Nation's Retirement System:
- Get the full report (PDF: 122 KB)
- Read the summary (PDF (65 KB)
Advocacy for retirement plan sponsors and their participants
For more than 65 years, The Principal® has played a key role in the retirement industry as an advocate on behalf of retirement plan sponsors and their participants.
As an advocate, we lend our expertise to legislators and regulators to help ensure that changes are sensible and practical. Then we quickly analyze those legislative and regulatory changes and use our expertise to help you maintain compliance with laws such as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), changes brought about by the Pension Protection Act as well as new regulations from Form 5500 to 403(b).
We are committed to the retirement industry and our continued strong advocacy on behalf of plan sponsors and their participants to help improve employer sponsored retirement plans.
- Dan Houston
President - Retirement and Investor Services
Principal Financial Group®
Insurance products and plan administrative services are provided by Principal Life Insurance Company, a member of the Principal Financial Group® (The Principal®), Des Moines, IA 50392.
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