At a recent PLANSPONSOR webinar, investment experts reviewed market performances throughout 2021 so far and key rules for plan sponsors to follow with investment lineups.
Participants said they would welcome assistance through their employers with figuring out how to catch up to their retirement savings goals and managing their expenses.
They tend to sell off during downturns, but, researchers say, if they remain invested even for a few years, they can recoup their losses due to the funds’...
She found the allegations were sufficient to plausibly allege a fiduciary breach and said the determination for appropriate benchmarks for funds is not solved at the motion to...
With PBGC dictating interest rate assumptions and permissible investments, there are steps plan sponsors should take to make the relief work as intended.
Regulators say the firm failed to adequately disclose conflicts of interest to thousands of participants in TIAA recordkept employer-sponsored retirement plans.
The Pension Research Council recommends that pension plan sponsors develop processes to identify, measure and manage environmental, social and governance-related downside risks.
A judge previously dismissed claims related to excessive recordkeeping fees but let stand a claim related to providing ‘false and misleading’ participant fee disclosures.
The memorandum in support of the settlement agreement says the plaintiffs in the case want to avoid the risk that the defendants will prevail and the cost of...
A man who worked for Yum! Brands for 25 years says he was denied retirement and other benefits because the company classified him as an independent contractor.
A TDF with a moderate equity allocation at retirement and an inflation-protected bond portfolio that uses LDI principles mitigates the various risks participants face in retirement.
Brokerage windows are useful tools to meet specific participants’ investing needs and the DOL should make it easier, not harder, for plan sponsors to offer them, commenters told...