American Century Investments News

American Century Investments ASPPA Net / Mar 8, 2021

How do/should we "value" environmental and social governance (ESG) investments? Here's how the Department of Labor (DOL) summarizes its final ESG regulation: "The amendments [revising ERISA fiduciary rules to restrict ESG investments] require plan fiduciaries to select investments and investment courses of action based solely on financial considerations relevant to the risk-adjusted economic value of a particular investment or investment course of action."

American Century Investments Washington Post / Mar 7, 2021

The recent horrors in Texas, as millions went without electricity and water during a historic winter storm and cold snap, remind us of the ticking time bomb that is our nation's aging infrastructure. In the early 20th century, we made bold investments in our infrastructure that powered our success, and our continued prosperity depends upon our ability to innovate and adapt.

American Century Investments National Association of Plan Advisors / Mar 6, 2021

An intriguing "consortium" of retirement plan providers have teamed up on a new QDIA offering that incorporates a retirement income solution. The product-tagged Income America TM 5ForLife-is a collaborative undertaking by American Century Investments, Lincoln Financial Group, Nationwide, Prime Capital Investment Advisors, SS&C Technologies, Wilmington Trust, N.A. and Wilshire.

American Century Investments The Motley Fool Australia / Mar 5, 2021

ASX travel shares, including Qantas Airways Limited (ASX: QAN) and Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd (ASX: FLT), have taken a serious beating from the coronavirus pandemic. Both companies plummeted to 52-week lows on 19 March last year and have struggled to recover as travel restrictions took hold and Australia and the world went into lockdown.

American Century Investments Kansas City Business Journal / Mar 4, 2021

For decades, the investment industry has been trying to create a perfect product as a default investment option in employee retirement packages, but it has proved elusive - until now. A consortium of retirement firms created a product called Income America 5ForLife.

American Century Investments InvestorDaily / Mar 4, 2021

Brent Puff, vice-president and senior portfolio manager at American Century Investments, has said that while the policy on corporate tax from newly elected US President Joe Biden has unnerved investors, the pace of progression out of the pandemic is of greater concern.

American Century Investments PLANSPONSOR / Mar 4, 2021

Lockton Investment Advisors LLC has teamed with Morningstar Investment Management LLC to provide adviser managed account services. "In the rapidly evolving retirement space, our clients continue to lean on Lockton as a consultative advisory leader," says Pam Popp, president of Lockton's retirement practice.

American Century Investments The Wall Street Journal / Mar 4, 2021

International exchange-traded funds are back in favor. The turnaround has been building for months. Following the summer 2020 rally for U.S. stocks, interest in international developed- and emerging-markets stocks picked up in November and December and has surged through February. According to FactSet , international-stock ETFs (excluding "global" funds, which have U.S.

American Century Investments Yahoo Finance / Mar 4, 2021

Lincoln National Corporation LNC recently introduced a defined contribution solution named Income America 5ForLife in a bid to provide a guaranteed monthly retirement income to its plan participants. Notably, the new solution has been devised by Lincoln National in collaboration with other well-established retirement firms including American Century Investments, Nationwide, Prime Capital Investment Advisors and Wilshire, among others.

American Century Investments The Australian Financial Review / Mar 4, 2021

"One of the newer names in the portfolio is Booking.com," he said. "Their business has been very severely impacted by COVID and we haven't seen much of a recovery to date but as we get to the other side of COVID, we think there's a lot of pent-up demand to travel and Booking's business will snap back."

American Century Investments Science Magazine / Mar 4, 2021

The year 2020 saw a reusable rocket launch two astronauts into space, multiple COVID-19 vaccines developed in record time, and a robot that could write a persuasive op-ed. In the United States, the year also saw public distrust of science contribute to the worst health crisis in modern history.