RALEIGH, N.C., March 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- BB&T Retirement and Institutional Services received top rankings and 32 Best-in-Class awards in the national 2017 Defined Contribution (DC) Survey conducted by PLANSPONSOR magazine. The annual survey is considered one of the retirement industry's leading indicators of plan sponsor satisfaction. Highlights include:

• BB&T earned 18 Best-In-Class awards for plans under $5MM, in the categories of sponsor service and support, investments and fees, and financial education offerings. 
• BB&T earned 14 Best-In-Class awards for plans in the $5MM–$25MM, including awards in value for price, industry knowledge of account service team, enrollment support and websites.

"Helping our clients and their employees achieve economic success remains our focus in everything we do," said BB&T Retirement and Institutional Services Division Manager Ray McCulloch. "BB&T is honored to be recognized once again by our clients this year and we remain committed in providing a best-in-class retirement plan program that will help employees improve their lives in retirement."

About BB&T Retirement and Institutional Services 
BB&T Retirement and Institutional Services offers a complete range of employee benefits consulting, fiduciary, philanthropic, corporate trust and investment management services. For more information, visit BBT.com/RetirementSolutions.

About BB&T
BB&T is one of the largest financial services holding companies in the U.S. with $221.6 billion in assets and market capitalization of $38.9 billion as of December 31, 2017. Building on a long tradition of excellence in community banking, BB&T offers a wide range of financial services including retail and commercial banking, investments, insurance, wealth management, asset management, mortgage, corporate banking, capital markets and specialized lending. Based in Winston-Salem, N.C., BB&T operates over 2,000 financial centers in 15 states and Washington, D.C. A Fortune 500 company, BB&T is consistently recognized for outstanding client service by Greenwich Associates for small business and middle market banking. More information about BB&T and its full line of products and services is available at BBT.com

About PLANSPONSOR
PLANSPONSOR, a Strategic Insight business, is the most respected provider of information and events to America's retirement plan sponsors and the industry that serves this large constituency. Through its award winning magazine, website, e-newsletters, research and conferences, PLANSPONSOR reaches the most engaged retirement plan and benefits executives in America. For more information, visit www.plansponsor.com

About Strategic Insight 
Strategic Insight (SI) provides critical and proprietary data, business intelligence, research and marketing services to the global asset management community. SI delivers full service solutions to the asset management sector worldwide, including investment flow data, advisor sales analysis, indepth research, analytics, editorial content and events for investment managers, asset owners and custodians, plus Transaction Cost Measurement of over 500 million trades per month. Our clients include over 1000 of the most prominent names in the asset management industry, including 83 of the world's 100 largest fund managers. Strategic Insight delivers its products and services through four distinct divisions: SI Data, SI Research, SI Intelligence and SI Interactive. Its portfolio of leading editorial titles includes the well-recognized brands PLANSPONSOR, PLANADVISER, and Chief Investment Officer.

SOURCE BB&T Corporation