US - Companies have been given the power to automatically enrol employees into 401(k) and defined contribution (DC) pension schemes under the terms of a ruling by secretary of labor, Elaine Chao.
The decision, part of the implementation of the Pensions Protection Act (PPA), has seen the creation of qualified default investment alternatives (QDIAs), designed to encourage greater employee sav...
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