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IRS names associate chief counsel for EEE; Northern Trust appoints COO and senior executive; and Wellington Management CEO announces 2020 resignation; managing partner to succeed. 

The guidance document includes an extensive number of questions and answers about five key changes made by the SECURE Act.

Attorneys say the DOL is showing frustration over the regulatory back and forth on employee benefit plan proxy voting as well as ESG investing in retirement plans.

While loan forgiveness programs are an option, many applications are confusing and difficult to navigate.

Transamerica announces management fee reductions and J.P. Morgan AM reduces fees in two series.

The lawsuit challenges Biogen’s use of the actively managed Freedom Funds over the index version of the target-date fund suite.

Asset managers’ mixed outlook on the market reflects the uncertainty and volatility experienced so far this year, though there is more optimism for the rest of 2020 than...

The suit alleges 401(k) plan fiduciaries failed to use the lowest cost share classes or consider CIT versions of mutual funds in the plan, among other things.

More classifications of employees, a remote work environment and employees placing a greater value on benefits means employers have more to consider for benefit offerings and communications.

There are two proposed changes, and comments are also requested about ways to enhance the information collected and to minimize the burden of the collection of information.

Many find it counterintuitive that the U.S. Federal Reserve would want to push up inflation, but it has some good reasons to do so.

Sponsors of defined contribution (DC) plans are invited to respond to our annual DC Survey. The survey is our largest and most important research project of the year,...

Some of the same people say they plan to work in retirement, and they may have to if they don’t manage their debt.

These opportunities also do not tend to offer benefits.

The proposal sets forth ‘permitted practices’ under which the plan fiduciary can adopt certain proxy voting policies and parameters, among other things.

Older couples and women, in particular, are often put at a retirement disadvantage when faced with a divorce, a GAO report finds.

The guidance defined the ‘applicable wages’ per pay period that qualify for the deferral, as well as how the Social Security tax must be paid back.

The pro-defense ruling highlights the importance of exhausting potential administrative remedies before filing a lawsuit under ERISA.