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Defined contribution plan sponsors can offer meaningful fixed income investment options by using diversification and thoughtful asset managers.

Plan sponsors should not forget the needs of older workers when offering financial wellness and emergency savings help.

While implementing a request for proposals (RFP) isn’t necessary for every plan, issuing one can be a crucial step in determining a quality plan auditor.

Panelists said encouraging better financial wellness can go a long way to helping workers manage their student loans.

Speakers discussed the SECURE Act, the CARES Act and the DOL’s guidance on ESG during the first day of the Best of PLANSPONSOR National Conference

Another self-dealing lawsuit has been filed in federal court, this one seeking $34 million in alleged damages.

The court agreed with the plaintiffs that they have alleged injury with respect to each of their claims—which implicate ‘plan-level conduct’—and, therefore, have standing to sue.

Letting the agency set its own premiums and basing them more on risk would encourage the offering and maintenance of pension plan, the Academy of Actuaries says.

Maximum Benefit/Contribution Limits for 2016 through 2021, with a downloadable PDF of limits from 2011 to 2021.

Part-time employees that will be entering retirement plans under SECURE Act provisions might not have had any experience in saving and planning for retirement.

Recordkeeping for the new pooled employer plan will be provided by Empower Retirement.

The lawsuit says the target-date funds had underperformed since they were created and resulted in a loss of $65 million for the plan.

The final version of the regulation emphasizes the importance of using only ‘pecuniary’ factors in the assessment of investment options within tax-qualified retirement plans.

Gen Zers likely had a great start to saving for retirement, but they are facing near-term financial challenges.

DWS selects head of wealth practice; Bar Harbor Trust Services announces new retirement plan coordinator; and AIG pursues separation of Life & Retirement business.

However, a survey found that securities lending needs to evolve in order to integrate investors’ ESG principles with their securities lending programs.

The agency’s enforcement report describes some ways enforcement actions are initiated.

This week has delivered a painful but necessary ‘reality based’ repricing, one expert says.

Terms of the transaction were finalized on September 25.