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Savings are directly deposited from employees’ paychecks into a checking account, and employers can incentivize employees by offering a high annual percentage yield for a certain amount saved.

The case includes various allegations of self-dealing and fiduciary imprudence and disloyalty discretionary investment management services provided by Russell Investments to Caesars Entertainment.

The automated service is for accounts that have $5,000 or less.

As younger workers start their careers, employers may need to reorganize benefits to appeal to a wider net of employees.  

Educating participants and offering them guidance on rollovers can substantially reduce loans, hardship withdrawals and cash-outs, experts say.

The university has agreed to request competitive bids for administrative services in the next three to four years and maintain the lowest share class of plan investments, among...

Principal announces new hires in retirement and income solutions; LCG Associates promotes senior consultant to COO; LeafHouse announces new CIO; and more.

Experts in a recent PLANSPONSOR webinar reviewed recent retirement plan litigation and what lessons plan sponsors can from cases and trends.

After a year of alternating decisions related to ESG investing, the proposal would amend ERISA to make it clear that workplace retirement plans can choose to consider such...

Experts share insights about implementing the guidance and warn that plan sponsors can expect investigations from the agency now that there are guidelines.

NTAM announces new ESG score; Vanguard expands access to private equity; and MSCI builds private infrastructure modeling service.

Overpayments are more common than many sponsors think; they should understand the steps they can take to get the money back.

What to know about the DB plan with DC plan features.

A proposal passed by a wide margin in the New York State Assembly would ensure that private-sector employees are automatically enrolled into the Secure Choice Savings Program, and...

More employees contributed to health savings accounts, and employees increased contributions to their HSAs in 2020, according to Bank of America data.

The Improving Access to Retirement Savings Act parallels, but does not exactly match, the Securing a Strong Retirement Act, a piece of legislation which was recently advanced out...

Budgeting, work-life balance and stress management were among high priorities cited by employees surveyed.

Some people have not recovered from economic losses caused by the pandemic and need help from employers, retirement plan providers and other sources to build a financial cushion.

A quick comparison of prices paid by plan sponsor peers can let a sponsor know if it should issue an RFI or RFP.