Peng Chen discusses his recent paper on optimal withdrawal strategies. The paper, which received the 2012 Academic Thought Leadership Award from the Retirement Management Journal, evaluates common withdrawal, or spending, strategies based on a new measurement--the withdrawal efficiency rate.

Tim Kohn, head of Defined Contribution at Dimensional, talks to three industry experts—David Booth, Bill Bradley, and Nobel laureate Robert C. Merton—about Dimensional's unique research-driven approach to next generation retirement solutions.

Dimensional Resident Scientist Robert C. Merton, the DC conference's keynote speaker, outlines how and why Dimensional's Managed DC solution represents a revolutionary advance in the DC market.

Former US senator and best-selling author Bill Bradley talks about the challenges facing Americans planning for retirement and underscores how Dimensional's Managed DC can play a helpful role.

Boston University professor and DC expert Zvi Bodie explains what's wrong with the current generation of target-date funds.

David Wray, president of the Profit Sharing/401k Council of America, discusses the increasing health of the DC system, especially after the stress test of 2008, and the importance of new ideas being introduced to the industry.