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As unemployment rises and employees retire sooner, experts say Social Security will be exhausted faster than predicted.

The U.S. can learn from other countries about instilling the mindset of preserving retirement savings and creating different pools of assets to be dipped into in case of...

Employees in a survey from Empower Retirement say they believe their views are created by personal experiences and characteristics, not by their age group.

Tech and client services head joins ICMA-RC; OneDigital acquires employee benefits consulting firm; New York Life elects president; and more.

The proposal would allow catch-up contributions in 2021 and 2022 equal to the difference between an individual’s actual contributions and current federal limits on these accounts.

The allegations mirror those of other recently filed cases against both 401(k) and 403(b) plans.

Lincoln Financial Group releases new guaranteed lifetime income option; MUFG adds Broadridge loan tracker; and USI Advisors adds Investment Metrics portfolio solution.

The ERISA Advisory Council is asking the DOL to issue guidance on plan sponsor use of these programs which reunite people with unclaimed property as often as 72%...

The lawsuit accuses Matrix of unlawfully retaining fees and interest through nondisclosure and concealment.

A nonprofit was allowed to file for bankruptcy and exit the Kentucky Retirement System, but a federal court has ruled it still owed contributions while bankruptcy proceedings were...

Items effective in 2020 include several provisions of the SECURE Act.

Many workers near retirement age who may be worried about COVID-19 are turning to early retirement, but doing so comes at a cost.

As workers figure out how COVID-19 will impact their finances, more plan sponsors are adding and growing financial well-being incentives. 

But the chief equity strategist at Nuveen expects it to be short-lived.

The plaintiffs suggest the firm’s fiduciary failures were either from lack of a prudent process or from interest in getting discounts from the recordkeeper on other services.

The case against American Airlines is one of several alleging that the use of outdated mortality tables in determining DB plan benefits violates ERISA.

In an opinion piece, the senator offers three principles he believes bipartisan efforts should follow to solve the union pension crisis. 

A federal grand jury has indicted an Orange County man for fraudulently obtaining access to Boeing employees’ retirement accounts and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars.