Retirement Policy Content

ICI Applauds Committee Passage of Open MEP Provision to Help Small Employers Offer Retirement Plans Washington, DC, September 22, 2016— ICI President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens today issued the following statement on the US Senate Committee on Finance’s approval of a provision...

pub_16_ippsc_beijing_highlights.pdf

Focus on Funds How to Make the Most of 401(k) Savings New data from ICI and the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) show that people who contribute consistently to their 401(k)s increase their balances significantly. In the September 16, 2016, edition of Focus on Funds, Sarah...

On 22 April 2016, in Beijing, the Asset Management Association of China, ICI Global, and the Centre for International Social Security Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CISS CASS) held the International Private Pension Systems Conference: Law and Practice.

Letter to the Editor: California’s Retirement Plan (As published in the New York Times on August 26, 2016) To the Editor: You say California will provide a state-run “secure choice” retirement plan for private-sector workers with “fees that are both low and transparent” (“ From...

ICI Responds to DOL’s Final Rule on State-Run Retirement Programs Washington, DC, August 25, 2016— ICI President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens issued the following statement today in response to the Department of Labor’s final rule providing a safe harbor from coverage under the...

Secure Choice Is Risky for Workers and for the State By Paul Schott Stevens (As published in the Sacramento Bee, August 16, 2016) Millions of Americans save for retirement using employer-sponsored plans that offer tax advantages and excellent investment options. Even so, there may be...

Focus on Funds The 35th Anniversary of the 401(k) The 401(k) plan, an important tool in helping Americans meet savings goals, turns 35 this year. In the July 29, 2016, edition of Focus on Funds, Sarah Holden, ICI’s senior director of retirement and investor research, examines the...

By Electronic Delivery May 16, 2016 J. Mark Iwry Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Retirement and Health Policy U.S. Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20220 Mark J. Mazur Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy U.S...

ICI Global Response to EIOPA Consultation Paper On EIOPA’s advice on the development of an EU Single Market for personal pension products (submitted online, in a template format, on 26 April 2016) General Comment: Introduction ICI Global is pleased to comment on the next step in EIOPA...