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Auto-features won’t work in the decumulation phase of defined contribution plans, says Shlomo Benartzi.

A Principal survey of “super savers” shows that a majority have been saving more over the past two years than they did previously.

Despite push from HELP Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, Lisa Gomez’s nomination as assistant secretary of labor remains in limbo.

Employees will be eligible for two new benefit programs this month.  

Pension funding status improved slightly in August, according to Sweta Vaidya, North American head of Solution Design with Insight Investment.

A longer window for workers to opt out of contributing to a retirement plan can harm participation, the research shows.  

The Senate now has two bills out of committee that will have to be reconciled with a companion House bill before moving to the president’s desk.

Mercer Advisors acquires Jordan Financial Strategies; Putnam Investments names head of sustainability strategy; Alera Group Retirement Plan Services names national practice leader; and more.

Broadridge launches multi-jurisdictional private equity platform and GMO launches asset management platform for RIAs.

U.S. workers are feeling financially stressed because of inflation and want help from their employers to make optimal benefit selections.

Plaintiffs in the now-dismissed case sought to establish that ‘corporate-insider fiduciaries’ violated their duties of prudence in the operation of an employee stock ownership plan.

Business sentiment has remained steady, and some employers expect to increase retirement benefits for employees.  

The latest data from Alight Solutions show two above-normal trading days in August, with investors favoring equities during 13 of the 23 trading days.

The webcast will address challenges many women face in saving for retirement.

The judge also denies a bid by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to file a ‘friend of the court’ brief in support of the fiduciary defendants.

The higher cost of employer-sponsored benefits has driven HR executives to get innovative during this year’s open enrollment.

The comment period of the DOL’s proposed amendment was scheduled to expire in late September, but the regulator says it will now accept comments through mid-November.

Several tailwinds are driving record growth in the pension risk transfer market. 

The lawsuit suggests Vernon and Shirley Hill invested as much as 70% of a profit-sharing plan’s assets in the stock of Metro Bank PLC, where Vernon Hill was...

CalSTRS will move 20% of its public equity portfolio to a passive, low-carbon strategy.