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Providing retirement plan participants with access to a self-directed brokerage window demands the examination of plan demographics to determine if one is appropriate.

A Senate vote is scheduled for next week on the appointment of Lisa Gomez as head of the Employee Benefits Security Administration.  

T. Rowe Price appoints senior ESG leader; Alerus names new retirement executive; Voya hires chief information security officer; and more.

Retirement plan participants are staying on track, not changing allocations, in the face of market volatility.

Pacific Life announces collaboration with Wespath Benefits and WTW on qualifying longevity annuity contract option, and Principal Global Investors launches active real estate ETF.

The Employee Benefit Research Institute's Retirement Confidence Survey revealed workers’ expectations of and retirees’ experiences with workplace plans.  

The allegations in the case are filed on behalf of the same plaintiffs who have already sued their employer, Molina Healthcare, for alleged fiduciary breaches in the delivery...

In their motions to dismiss the case, the plan fiduciaries unsuccessfully argued that the plaintiffs invested in only some of the funds cited, and that they lacked standing...

Health benefits and education from employers can help prepare employees for the future.

Lawmakers and states are making efforts to address the perceptions that some businesses are too small to offer a plan and that 401(k)s are too costly to administer.

The agency is still considering whether to make permanent relief from the requirement for certain elections to be witnessed in person by a plan representative or notary public.

Clear goals help to maximize the impact of retirement plan participant education and communication.

Data on decumulation patterns can be useful to public-sector DC plan sponsors who want to help employees with retirement planning.

Fidelity champions health savings accounts paired with a high-deductible health plan as a means of meeting workers’ rising health care costs in retirement. 

Smart hires group sustainability director, while SageView adds government and public sector retirement plan expert.

Nearly half of all workers say their current level of debt hinders their ability to save for retirement.

Transamerica is the latest retirement plan services provider to add emergency savings accounts to its stable of solutions, highlighting the increasingly apparent need to balance short-term and long-term...

While state pensions reached their highest funded status in six years, market volatility and declining markets signal potential difficulty ahead.

The plaintiffs alleged John Hancock breached the Employee Retirement Income Security Act fiduciary duty of loyalty by receiving and retaining foreign tax credits generated by certain international investment...