Benefits

May 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Light on retirement savings and burdened with student debt, African Americans continue making financial progress, according to the follow-up to Prudential’s 2011 study.

May 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fidelity Investments released a quarterly analysis of its 401(k) accounts, which found that the overall average balance achieved a record high $80,900 at...

May 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many 401(k) retirement plans allow participants to borrow from their accounts, which can lead to defaults and inadequate retirement savings.

 

May 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Aspen Institute presented a briefing to Congress last week on retirement and financial security.

May 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The first set of Baby Boomers, those born in 1946, are not necessarily "working 'till they drop," as some studies indicate.

May 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors need to educate employees in a way that moves them from a sense of entitlement to empowerment, presenters of a recent...

May 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Whether or not health care reform causes employers to hire more part-time workers, the trend away from full-time employment is already underway, according...

May 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half (54%) of Millennials say debt is their “biggest financial concern currently,” according to a Wells Fargo Retirement Survey.

May 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investment returns in defined benefit (DB) retirement plans outperformed those in defined contribution (DC) plans in 2011 by the widest margin since the...

May 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – 403(b) plan sponsors continue to make changes to improve the value of their plans and the retirement readiness of participants, according to the...

May 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors are increasingly adopting features to help overcome participant inertia, a survey found.

May 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR) – A word of advice for workers considering wearing pajamas, a chicken suit or parachute pants to the office—don't.

May 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The average retirement age today is four years older than it was in 1991, according to Gallup’s annual “Economy and Personal Finance” survey.

May 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many preretirees or nonretirees are not accounting for inflation, taxes, health care and other factors in their retirement planning, according to a new...

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Early boomers, born between 1946 and 1955, may be the last group with enough savings to maintain financial security through their retirement, according...

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement savings, health issues and their children’s finances are concerns for women; while men worry about debt, both household and the national level.

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jacob and Sophia are repeat champions as America’s most popular baby names for 2012.

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution (DC) in-plan guarantee assets totaled $2.2 billion as of December 2012, according to a new LIMRA survey.

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Both income and age affect how preretirees foresee funding for their retirement, according to a recent Gallup poll.

May 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors must move beyond “one-dimensional” measures of retirement plan success such as participation and average contribution rates, according to a source at...