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Average Account Balance Reaches Record High The average participant account balance increased by 13% year-over-year, to a record high of...

Question: My organization is a 501(c)(3) charity that sponsors a 403(b) plan. A participant has asked if he may name...

Student loan takers come in all ages, as do those feeling the burden of the debt. In last year’s first...

The question for many retirees has shifted from will they have enough money to retire to will they have the...

Decision Blocks Path for ERISA Class Actions In its March 10 decision in Trauernicht v. Genworth Financial Inc., the U.S....

If you sponsor a qualified retirement plan, you take on that weighty role: what duties ERISA demands, what you can’t...

When Daniel Aronowitz, assistant secretary of Labor and head of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, testified before Congress prior to...

Workers are increasingly saving for retirement through 401(k) plans that are more automated, more generous and often less expensive than...

This story has been updated for the magazine. The original story can be found here: “A Focus on Fiduciary Insurance“...

This story has been updated for the magazine. The original story can be found here: “How Does Outsourcing Affect Fiduciary...

Plan sponsors increasingly eye the benefits of these ‘group’ plans

This retired Naval captain gets to sail AND have uninterrupted family time

An Illinois law firm chose a PEP over the state-run IRA and is glad it did

I sometimes find myself in awkward conversations when I tell people I write about retirement plans. Recently in a conversation,...

The DOL’s ‘alts’ rule would build a framework for sturdy defenses

Last summer, in one of her Insights columns, Publisher Alison Cooke Mintzer presented stats from a recent survey—nothing surprising about...

Plan data can reveal where to trim expenses

Plan sponsors increasingly eye the benefits of these ‘group’ plans

Why ‘prudent practices’ are more important—and relevant

In this three-session livestreamed event, two summarized here, legal experts provided basic education for plan sponsors maybe just learning, or...