Benefits

Consultants share what they see driving their clients’ defined benefit plan decisionmaking.

The abandoned accounts now hold more than $2 trillion in assets, according to Capitalize.

Nearly one-quarter of those surveyed by Bank of America considered leaving their employer due to insufficient benefits, up nine percentage points from 2024.

Retirement benefits remained available to the same overall proportion of private industry and state and local government workers as they were a year ago.

The next cohort to retire shared its retirement saving regrets and advice for younger generations in a Cerulli report.

A new Nationwide report underscores how delayed retirements could harm employees and employers alike.

The two will jointly offer retirement savings accounts to private sector workers who lack access to an employer-sponsored plan.

Interest rates, pension plan funding and market conditions remain favorable for pension risk transfers, according to October Three.

While more employees are contributing to and investing assets in health savings accounts, few are using them as retirement savings vehicles.

Experts discussed the guidance and tools plan sponsors can offer participants to help them draw down their retirement assets sustainably.

New research reveals how employers can support and retain some of their top female talent.

A paper from the National Institute on Retirement Security debunked the myth that younger generations’ job-hopping means they are uninterested in defined benefit plans.

The funded status of the largest 100 corporate defined benefit plans rose by $8 billion in August, doubling July’s improvement.

Work-life balance, talent attraction and retention are the top reasons corporate plan sponsors are offering flexibility, according to IFEBP.

Researchers are considering what kinds of changes to savings and default rates are most effective in improving retirement outcomes.

Employers are warming up to artificial intelligence in retirement planning, but its use remains in the early stages.

Strategies emerge to bridge the gap between savings and sustainable income.

A look at how 401(k) plans rank by participants, plans and assets to put the scope of the small plan universe in some perspective. 

LearnLux and Messer Construction Co. partnered to cultivate financial wellness for frontline and dispersed workers.

The legislation would allow certain military retirees and disabled veterans to continue contributing to their Thrift Savings Plan accounts after separating from the service.