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One expert suggests the current yield curve inversion—often called a harbinger of recession—is due more to declining inflation expectations and the weight of negative bond yields in Europe.

Public employers can choose how much to contribute towards other post-employment benefits (OPEB) costs and choose from two asset allocations.

Retirement plan fiduciaries at Intel are accused of failing to properly monitor and evaluate “unconventional, high-risk allocation models” adopted within the company's custom target-date funds.

"The app has the transactional excellence that people expect coupled with moments of education and celebration to help our customers build confidence," says Joleen Workman, with Principal. 

Plan sponsors are considering changes to health plan design as well as health care delivery models, with strategies to address high-cost claims in mind.

An analysis from the 2019 BlackRock DC Pulse survey compares investment preferences of 403(b) and 401(k) plan sponsors and also highlights 403(b) plan sponsors’ focus on retirement income...

The courses are designed for both plan sponsors and advisers to help them manage retirement plans more effectively.

The lawsuit alleges the act that created the Secure Choice program “violates the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution because it is expressly preempted by the Employee...

Year-to-date, investors have favored fixed income on 186 trading days, or 86% of the trading days available, according to Alight Solutions.

The complaint says the target-date funds used in the plan and as the designated default investment were underperforming from the time they were selected, resulting in a great...

An appellate court affirmed a District Court’s judgement that because Caesars Entertainment continues to contribute to a multiemployer plan for engineering work at three remaining casinos, it is...

The ability to manage future investment allocations on websites provided by recordkeepers is very important to retirement plan participants, but a study found participants can be confused by...

BPAS and F&M Trust link regional retirement plan businesses; Grant Thornton adds Advisory Services principal; Nuveen updates portfolio management group for two funds; and more.  

Incorporating sound measures of the effectiveness of financial wellness programs will allow plan sponsors to adjust them to address the varying needs of their workforce.

"The new normal for interest rates simply means that retirement investors have to take more risk,” says Steve Foresti, CIO at Wilshire Consulting. 

“Plan sponsors should review their risk management toolkit to consider whether their investment policy is aligned with the current market environment and to explore potential risk transfer activity,”...

The Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) requires that returning service members, on reemployment, be treated as though they did not have a break in civilian...

The court decision highlights the difficulty in determining the fiduciary status of parties and of making claims for equitable relief based on allegations that ESOP stock purchases were...

Northern Trust builds portfolio analytics tool; Transamerica lowers multiple investment fund fees; Mesirow Financial issues U.S. small cap sustainability vehicle; and more.