Administration

Plan sponsors are relying on advisers, especially at small companies, to improve the effectiveness of outreach to participants.

New tools add immediacy and specificity to communications with participants.

Experts explore education, communication, what works and what more is needed.

The announcement comes with guidance on all the cost-of-living adjustments affecting limitations for pension plans and other retirement-related items for tax year 2026.

Dhillon was one of 108 nominees confirmed Tuesday night to fill a variety of Department of Labor and other federal offices.

Enrollment in the state-run program is expected to become mandatory for qualifying companies this fall, according to a government fact sheet.

Industry experts discussed making employer offerings for participants nearing retirement easier to understand, documenting them clearly in plan governance and tailoring education to older workers.

Industry experts discussed how to better serve plan participants who are nearing or entering retirement.

The Retirement Savings for Americans Act could help some save $126,000 over a 40-year career, according to RAND.

Focus is shifting to cybersecurity from cost-cutting as demands on spending change.

The measures are intended to protect recipients from fraud and identity theft. 

Cuts to the Social Security Administration’s research, announced in February, led to the closure.

Automation allows for price relief for modest-sized companies that have been paying more to provide retirement benefits.

The end of federal loan cancellation and interest rate cuts could add financial stress and divert plan participants from retirement saving.

More than two years after passage of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, advisers are beginning to see the effects of key provisions on their 403(b) clients.

Increasingly, benefits-eligible American workers are spending less time reviewing their workplace benefits, according to Voya.

Continuing a Trump administration trend of reducing the size and scope of the federal government, EBSA aims to ‘make its limited resources go further.’

The competitively bid price of transferring retiree assets dropped to an estimated 101.1% of a plan’s accumulated benefit obligation.

Education and tools plan sponsors can reference to help protect retirement plan assets and ensure the financial security of plan participants and beneficiaries. 

The former CEO of Fiserv Inc. was approved along party lines; his term will expire in January 2031.