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This significant bout of negative market volatility, coming as it does on the heels of the passage of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act,...

Contributions to large pension plans plunged in 2019, nearly matching their lowest point in the past 15 years, according to Russell Investments.

A federal court judge found no impermissible reference to or connection with ERISA plans in the statute establishing California’s state-run auto IRA.

High-deductible health plans (HDHPs) will not lose their special status merely because they cover the cost of testing for or treatment of COVID-19 before plan deductibles have been...

The firm has also agreed to offer non-proprietary ETFs in its 401(k) plan’s self-directed brokerage account.

What happened to interest rates is just as important as what happened to equity markets, and DB plan sponsors should implement portfolios that manage both.

“If you miss even a handful of big rebound days, you will really damage your long-term returns,” warns Katherine Roy, J.P. Morgan chief retirement strategist.

A new bill in the U.S. Senate would require pension plan sponsors to provide plan participants and retirees with certain ‘critical information’ when offering lump-sum buyouts.

If a 457 plan meets the definition of pension plan in certain cases, all accounting and financial reporting requirements that are relevant to pension plans should be applied,...

Defendants in an excessive fee case point to an appellate court decision that found "the fact that fiduciaries did not select the cheapest investment does not plausibly suggest...

The new company, to be named Aon, will be a premier, technology-enabled global professional services firm focused on the areas of risk, retirement and health, the firms say.

DCIIA unveils founding members of retirement research center; Transamerica adds workplace solutions executives; Southeast regional sales director joins BPAS; and more.

Offering voluntary benefits, enhancing benefit communications and telemedicine are just some of the new strategies employers are using or considering.

The decision emphasizes that the use of hindsight to judge the prudence of fiduciaries’ investment decisions is impermissible under ERISA.

Vanguard modifies managed payout fund; Transamerica launches stable value option for 403(b)s; Fidelity announces health savings mutual funds; and more.

Details of the settlement in the first case of its kind to call into question the cybersecurity defenses a plan sponsor and its providers had in place for...

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