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Wilmington Trust and Federated offer CITs to DC clients, and Cohen & Steers closes real estate fund share classes.

A focus on managing chronic conditions, and education to improve health care utilization can help employers manage cost increases.

NASRA says since 2009, more than 35 states increased required employee contribution rates, and more states maintain plans in which the employee contribution rate may change, depending on...

There has actually been relatively little helpful legal insight published by the courts, due to the fact that many ERISA cases end with settlements, while others are dismissed...

Employers need to focus on getting employees into the right plans for them and maximizing the use of their benefits.

The plaintiffs say new evidence came to light from MIT President Rafael Reif’s response to revelations that improper donations were received by MIT from the now-deceased financier Jeffrey...

Following a high-profile 9th Circuit decision, Greystar argues that the plaintiff signed a Mutual Agreement to Arbitrate Claims that not only requires arbitration of her claims but forecloses...

Discussing college finances can be intimidating. These two firms want to open up that conversation for employees.

Some defined contribution plan investments may already include real estate investments in their underlying portfolio, but if not, plan sponsors may consider real estate investment trusts or direct...

For one thing, many wellness program incentives are geared to those who are already healthy.

“We will do everything we can to make this a non-event for plan sponsors and participants,” says Renee Schaaf, Principal’s president of retirement and income solutions.

The fiduciary breach lawsuit accuses plan fiduciaries of mapping $1 billion into a fund that lagged peer performance and was unpopular in the marketplace.

Pension plans that have invested in long bonds would have benefited, according to Northern Trust Asset Management, and Legal and General Investment Management America suggests market volatility can...

Even though pension risk transfer is better understood by plan sponsors, LIMRA hopes pending legislation that would open multiple employer plans to more employers will create an opportunity...

Parametric names director of Liability Driven Investment Strategies; Large and mega market regional directors join Transamerica; Strategic Investment Group selects managing director for relationships team; and more.

Educating employees about the power of time on their savings, encouraging them to log into their retirement plan accounts and starting them at a higher deferral rate are...

Taking advantage of preventive care, health savings accounts (HSAs) and employer-provided physical wellness programs are some of the ways employees can get a handle on health care costs...

Plaintiffs suggest higher than average fees were not attributable to enhanced services for participants, but instead to defendants’ use of high-cost investment products and managers.

A U.S. District Judge in North Carolina determined the health system’s retirement and health plans were established and maintained for its employees by a political subdivision of the...