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The Supreme Court has issued a limited ruling in a case that could have had a big impact on the filing and resolution of so-called “stock drop” lawsuits.

The combination of moderate growth and technological innovation will continue to suppress inflation, which in turn will bolster the global central bank easing cycle that is already well...

The defendants have agreed to pay a gross settlement amount of $12,375,000 to resolve all claims.

Under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act, if one or more of the plans in the merger is in critical and declining status and appears to become insolvent within...

A federal district court has refused to reconsider its ruling that Cigna is carrying out its orders correctly in the cash balance conversion case.

The denial will let a 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision stand, which the Investment Company Institute previously said will increase ERISA litigation, distort retirement plan fiduciary...

Implementing lessons learned from behavioral finance and measuring plan success by participant retirement readiness can help, according to Brodie Wood, with Voya Financial.

Premiums have gone up, and the agency says it has simplified reporting requirements for risk transfer activities.

More plan sponsors have a policy for retaining the assets of terminated and retired participants and more are offering decumlation strategies.

“The selection of an interest rate assumption after the Measurement Date would create significant opportunity for manipulation and bias” by multiemployer plan trustees, a federal appellate court stated.

Multnomah Group brings in senior consultant; MassMutual adds several relationship managers; Alston & Bird announces partner promotion; and more.

Shifts in investments and changes to employer contributions are being used to mitigate the funded status effects of lower return assumptions.

However, the deadlines for employers to register stretch out to 2022, so the data could improve over time to approach the success reported at the two-year mark by...

The plaintiffs suggest that the task of evaluating investments has become simpler for plan fiduciaries and that prudent fiduciaries will search for and select the lowest-priced share class...

“The passage of the SECURE Act has been a long time in the making and will have a profound impact on the retirement system,” says Michael Kreps, a...

CUNA Mutual adds Stadion managed account service to platform; MSCI creates new fixed income indexes; Transamerica decreases fees on two high yield bonds; and more.

An analysis from EBRI shows familiarity breeds better usage.

Plan sponsors will need to consider whether in 2020, as in 2019, stock market returns will be great enough to offset rising liabilities from interest rate decreases.