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The Board is asking for comments on the implementation guide for Statement No. 84, which provides guidance regarding what constitutes fiduciary activities for financial reporting purposes, the recognition...

A new EBRI analysis shows purchases of a deferred income annuity at age 65 (deferring 20 years with no death benefits) result in an overall improvement in retirement...

American Beacon Advisors creates mutual fund with multi-asset program, and Vanguard closes million-dollar securities fund to new clients. 

Results of a new Pew survey show about four in 10 non-investing individuals who express distrust in their primary financial institution said they would opt out of an...

The majority think they are on track for a secure retirement, but many worry about high health care costs.

While the pension deficit for the Fortune 1000 plans Willis Towers Watson tracks is projected to be only slightly lower than the deficit at the end of 2017,...

The complaint suggests Transamerica continued to offer proprietary portfolios when their rates of return were meaningfully below stated long-term benchmarks.

For those 75 and older, out-of-pocket medical costs amount to 20% of their income.

A final rule adjusts penalties for inflation.

Some 83,000 lawsuits have been filed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) in federal district court since 2009, according to Lex Machina, a LexisNexis company; fewer...

Many industry groups that submitted comments to the DOL argued that the plain language of Section 3(5) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) indicates non-related employers...

A review of how financial wellness has increased in the past year, and clues on what to expect in 2019. 

“Saxon Angle” from PLANSPONSOR magazine touches on timely issues of the day. 

Plan sponsors faced another year of rapid regulatory change in 2018, with important developments coming out of the DOL, IRS and other federal government agencies.

The firm’s features allow users to control debt, evaluate spending and life insurance coverage needs, prioritize goals, build a plan for special financial objectives, and more, according to...

In a case that alleges, among other things, that defendants breached their ERISA duties by offering a money market fund rather than a stable value fund as a...

The 2018 PLANSPONSOR Defined Contribution Survey also found 403(b) plan sponsors, to a higher degree than respondents overall, offer college savings and student loan repayment benefits.

The lawsuit claims the Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) lost money on more than $1.5 billion in hedge fund investments in recent years, although its own advisers privately urged...

One of the toughest challenges facing plan sponsors is broadening the perspective of participants to look beyond what has happened in the markets in the last week or...