Don Ezra, Bob Collie, Matthew X. Smith

The Retirement Plan Solution

The Reinvention of Defined Contribution

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An effective answer to today s retirement planning dilemma Since the 1980s, most employers have moved from defined benefit plans (DB) to defined contribution (DC) plans. The Retirement Plan Solution puts this inevitable transition into a global perspective and discusses what it means for those planning their retirement. This book provides a clear twofold solution to the problems that have popped up with the defined contribution plan. The first solution addresses the accumulation process in which the retiree is making and saving his or her money during the working years. The second solution addresses the decumulation process in which the retiree is spending his or her money during the retirement years. Don Ezra (New York, NY) is Global Director of Investment Strategy for Russell Investments. Bob Collie (Tacoma, WA) is Director of Investment Strategy for Russell Investments. Matthew X. Smith (Tacoma, WA) is Managing Director of Retirement Services for Russell Investments.

Produktdetails

• Wiley Finance Series
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14539885000
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780470398852
• ISBN-10: 047039885X
• Artikelnr.: 26009559

Autorenporträt

Don Ezra is a widely published author. He has won a Graham and Dodd Award from the Financial Analysts Journal, the Roger Murray Prize from the Q Group in the United States, and the Lillywhite Award of the Employee Benefit Research Institute "for extraordinary life contributions to Americans' economic security." Bob Collie has been working with defined benefit and defined contribution plans in the United Kingdom and United States for more than twenty years, playing at different times the role of actuary, investment consultant, and strategist. Matthew X. Smith has been involved with the design, implemen-tation, administration, consultation to, and asset management of defined contribution plans for over twenty-five years. He has also written and spoken widely on defined contribution topics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgments. INTRODUCTION. The Great American Retirement
System? Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution. The Dynamics of the
Retirement Plan. Room for Improvement in the Accumulation Phase. The Right
Sort of Education. Other Ways of Running Defined Contribution Plans. The
Individual's Role in Decumulation. The Plan Sponsor's Role. A Final
Thought: From Biggest to Best. CHAPTER 1 DC Version 2.0. Coming of Age. The
New Retirement Superpower. Coming Soon to a Dictionary Near You: DBization.
At the Heart of Version 2.0: A Different Objective. Income Replacement. Is
This the First Nail in the Coffin of Defined Contribution? "Hold on a
Second . . . " PART ONE The Dynamics of the Retirement Plan. CHAPTER 2 More
than You Ever Wanted to Know about Life Expectancy. What Is "Life
Expectancy"? How Life Expectancy Has Changed. But an Individual's Life Span
Is Uncertain. Longevity Distributions: Let's Take a Look. What Does This
Mean? And Will Longevity Improve Even More? CHAPTER 3 Retirement Is
Expensive. The Goal Is a Targeted Level of Income Replacement. The
Fundamental Pension Equation and the Defined Benefit System. A Simple Model
of Retirement Plan Accumulation and Decumulation. Base Case Results. When
to Start Saving. The Base Case May Not Be a Reliable Guide. How to Act in
the Face of Uncertainty. Appendix: Further Analysis of the Uncertainty
Associated with Investment Returns. CHAPTER 4 Investment Returns Are
All-Important. The 10/30/60 Rule. Games at a Virtual Casino. Investment
Analogs. Historical Return Patterns. What Are the Lessons? What Follows?
How Much Investment Risk Can You Tolerate? CHAPTER 5 Sustainable Spending.
Lifetime Annuities. Simulations. Appendix: The Multiple. PART TWO
Opportunities in the Accumulation Phase. CHAPTER 6 Save More. Employers
with No Plan. Employees Who Do Not Enroll. Employees Who Start Saving Too
Late. Employees with Low Savings Rates. Employees with Gaps in Continuous
Participation. CHAPTER 7 Limit Leakage. Cashing Out. Loans. Hardship
Withdrawals. CHAPTER 8 Invest Better. Evidence of Waste. The Importance of
a Good Default Option. The "Target Date" Solution. And for the Investment
Experts? CHAPTER 9 Reduce Fees. The Impact of Fees. Fees for What? Looking
for Fee Leakage. Fee-Sharing Arrangements. Institutional versus Retail
Fees. Active Management. Record-Keeping Fees. PART THREE We Need the Right
Sort of Education. CHAPTER 10 Why the Waste? Because We're Only Human.
Overconfidence in Retirement Planning. Behavioral Finance. Low
Participation and Savings Rates. Poor Investment Results. What to Do?
CHAPTER 11 Financial Education. Facts that Surprised Us. Enthusiastic
Initiatives. What Exactly Can Be Taught? Why Hasn't This Already Been
Taught? A Literate Default System. A Final Anecdote. PART FOUR Other Ways
of Running Defined Contribution Plans. CHAPTER 12 Case Study--Australia.
Some Features of the Australian Defined Contribution System. Consequences
for Coverage. Consequences for Adequacy. Consequences for Employer
Attitudes. Lessons for the United States. Consequences for Investment
Choices. CHAPTER 13 Three Defined Contribution Plan Models. The Bank
Savings Model. The Fund Supermarket Model. The Retirement Income Model. An
Example of a Participant Statement in the Retirement Income Model. CHAPTER
14 Collective Defined Contribution. The Principles. Broader Applications by
the Dutch and Canadians. There's More than One Way to Skin a Cat. PART FIVE
The Perspective of the Individual in Decumulation. CHAPTER 15 The First
Dial: Your Personal Spending Policy. Step One: How to Keep Score--The
Current Position. Step Two: What about the Future? Step Three: The
Projected Outflow--The First Attempt to Quantify Your Spending Plan. Step
Four: How Long Will Your Assets Sustain Your Spending Plan? Checkpoint: Is
There a Gap to Be Bridged? Next Up. CHAPTER 16 The Second Dial: Your
Longevity Protection Policy. How an Immediate Annuity Works. The Benefit of
Buying a Lifetime Annuity. Should Everyone Buy an Immediate Annuity?
Reasons Why Some People Don't Like to Buy Immediate Annuities. Fortunately
. . . . Appendix: More on Annuity-Equivalent Wealth. CHAPTER 17 The Third
Dial: Investment Policy. A Reminder of Our Goals and Our Choices. A
Framework. Taking Owner-Occupied Real Estate into Account. Many Rules of
Thumb Are Just Plain Wrong. Four Wealth Zones. How Your Wealth Zone
Determines Your Choices. Bequests. CHAPTER 18 Product Innovation with
Decumulation in Mind. Variations on the Lifetime Annuity. Longevity
Protection Plus Long-Term Care Insurance. Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal
Benefits. The Longevity Pool. Advanced Life Deferred Annuities. Pure
Decumulation Products. Which Type of Product Is Best? PART SIX The Plan
Sponsor's Role. CHAPTER 19 Defined Contribution Plan Governance. The
Purpose of Defined Contribution Plan Governance. Risk Management. A Defined
Contribution Plan's Purpose and Objectives. Fiduciary Duty. What Should a
Prudent Expert Know--And When? New Choices Based on New Knowledge. In
Summary. CHAPTER 20 Defined Contribution Plan Effectiveness. Participation
Rate. Participation Delay. Employee Savings Rate. Employer Contribution
Rate. Match Maximization. Participant Net Investment Return. Hardship
Withdrawal Usage. Loans as Distributions. Early Withdrawals. Conclusion.
CHAPTER 21 The Defined Contribution Plan Sponsor's Role in Decumulation.
Providing Education. Providing Access to Financial Products: In-Plan or
Out-of-Plan. Design Features. Product Features. Simplicity. Parting
Thought. Notes. About the Authors. Index.

Rezensionen

'...the book's positive and inspiring message is one the UK would do well to head.' (Pensions Age, September 2009).