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MassMutual discusses four main strategies for limiting or eliminating defined benefit plan risks over time: hibernating risks, establishing glide paths, hedging risks by re-allocating investment assets and shifting...

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

Surveys show employees are unsatisfied with, or even dread, the open enrollment process, but there are things employers can do to engage employees in evaluating options and choose...

The question before the court is: May an ERISA plan participant or beneficiary seek disgorgement of unreasonable profits derived from a plan contract from a non-fiduciary party in...

Aligning benefit offerings to the unique needs of different employee cohorts is one way employers are striving to better engage employees with their benefits, Willis Towers Watson found.

A new survey from Alight Solutions indicates more employers are expanding distribution options in their DC retirement plans to help employees with draw down strategies in retirement.

Advisers say being easily influenced by recent news is the No. 1 investor misstep, a survey found.

The plaintiff was proposing a defendant class of all sponsors of smaller 401(k) plans that entered into program agreements with Nationwide through its Retirement Flexible Advantage Retirement Plans...

A report presents case studies that show variable benefit and/or variable contribution arrangements “enable all stakeholders to understand how, when, and to what extent contributions or benefits might...

Past PIMCO and Goldman Sachs exec joins Retiree, Inc., and Mercer Health adds principal to Dallas office.

A survey found 92% of small businesses are willing to work together to push for changes to make health care more affordable, but there are options created by...

In 2014, President Barack Obama signed into law major changes to Section 4062(e), which requires companies with defined benefit (DB) plans to report to the PBGC when they...

Michael A. Webb, with Cammack Retirement Group, says there are no substantive changes from the proposed regulations, but he points out certain items in the final regulations plan...

The U.S. Solicitor General and the Pension Rights Center have filed briefs with the Supreme Court for a fiduciary breach case the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals...

Franklin Templeton expands active fixed income ETF suite; Industry veterans form equity strategy firm; and Robeco adds emerging markets ESG strategy.

UBS enhanced its equity compensation plan services and digital platform, and Carver Edison’s Cashless Participation technology is now available to all public companies who use E*TRADE Corporate Services...

Natixis identifies interest rates, longevity and climate change as the three pressing risks affecting retirement in the U.S.

Surya Kolluri, with Bank of America, says financial wellness should be thought of in the broadest way, with an eye toward how employees live their lives; this includes...