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Employer interest in helping employees grows, but workers aren’t reporting better financial security, and more are willing to use financial tools and resources from a third-party instead of...

In the settlement agreement, OSF Health admits no wrongdoing, but the hospital system agrees to pay a sum of $25 million to better fund its pension plan.

As the nation’s top retirement and health plan regulator, Preston Rutledge oversaw an agency of more than 800 employee benefits professionals in offices throughout the United States.

A panel sponsored by Fidelity discussed building confidence when navigating the health care system.

More employers are helping workers restructure loans, and some are even repaying the loans directly.

The momentum for offering annuities to DC plan participants is growing, and plan sponsors need to know their responsibilities and choices.

Experts explained regulations and legislation from Washington, D.C., as well as what employers can do if they ever face ERISA litigation.

While a court has ruled the plan’s advisers should be carved out of the litigation, the counts against Home Depot fiduciaries will proceed.

Environmental, social and governance investing is slowing becoming pervasive in DC plans, particularly as Millennials are poised to become the majority of the workforce.

Life insurance, dental insurance, health and flexible spending accounts, and financial planning tools are on workers’ radar, according to MetLife.

A ‘dynamic QDIA’ that starts participants off in TDFs and then moves them to managed accounts is a potential trend for the future.

Mutual of Omaha and United of Omaha agreed to pay $6.7 million to settle claims they selected certain investment options for Mutual of Omaha’s 401(k) plan to benefit...

The fiduciary breach lawsuit, which has now cleared the motion to dismiss stage, does not name Prudential as a defendant, but it does extensively discuss Prudential’s GoalMaker investment...

Speakers primarily discussed what responsibilities the CARES Act has put on the shoulders of plan sponsors.

This year’s conference opened with a lively discussion about the changes plan sponsors are experiencing, the new issues to which they need to turn their attention and what...

Retirement savers want help with figuring out tax expenses, knowing when is the best age at which to retire, creating a retirement income stream and knowing how to...

More than half plan to make changes during open enrollment, according to Voya Financial.

Because downside protection promised for certain funds wasn’t provided and it wasn’t warned, the committee for defined benefit plans of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association says...

The Wagner Law Group promotes ERISA attorneys; Millennium Trust adds retirement services head; SageView hires retirement plan consultant for Northern California; and more. 

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided the ‘actual knowledge’ issue, perhaps the industry will get a court ruling about the use of alternative investments in TDFs.