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ERISA allows plan participants to sue to remedy demonstrable harms they have suffered as a result of fiduciary breaches. Less clear is how to apply ERISA’s remedies when...

MFS has also agreed to pay $6,875,000 into a qualified settlement fund to resolve the claims of the court-approved class.

Rachel Leiser Levy, from Groom Law Group, explains changes from the proposed HRA regulation in the final regulation, and says it remains to be seen how this will...

While some employers have had tuition reimbursement programs in place for more than 20 years, a survey from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans found several factors...

Although many older Americans are concerned about health care costs in retirement and outliving their savings, women are even more so, due in part to earning less than...

Joe Ready, current head of Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement & Trust, is taking a new role as head of Trust and chief fiduciary officer for Wells Fargo Wealth...

What role are employers playing in helping participants retire?

Both chambers of the State Assembly have passed legislation that would require religious organizations that manage pension plans to send regular updates on the financial health of the...

Morgan Stanley adds hires to financial solutions team; The Standard promotes defined benefits director; and PCS hires VP of service.

According to the Insured Retirement Institute, systematic withdrawal strategies, whether a simple “x%” rule or based on a more sophisticated stochastic analysis of the probability that assets will...

Starting next January, employers can give their workers tax-deferred funds to go shopping for a health plan, thanks to individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements.

LGIMA builds ESG strategy for DC plans; Russell Investments announces tax-managed fund for long-term investors; and FTSE Russell Introduces Preliminary Report of Indexes' Reconstitutions.  

Some players in the K-12 403(b) plan marketplace say the multiple-provider model leaves plan sponsors with an unworkable number of providers and costs to participants are higher, while...

Despite market volatility, few participants in defined contribution (DC) plans served by Vanguard made one or more portfolio trades during the year, and 96% of all assets available...

The investment committee for two Intel Corporation retirement plans asked the court to determine whether the provision of plan documents, in itself, creates for participants “actual knowledge” of...

For employers, BrightPlan provides an assessment of the state of financial wellness across their employee base and identifies ongoing opportunities to help employees increase their financial acumen.

It’s important for plan sponsors to stay vigilant and be sure they are holding providers accountable.

Vitality clients will purchase SmartDollar and roll it out to their employees as a free financial wellness benefit.

Employee education about health savings accounts (HSAs) remains the dominant concern of plan sponsors, and plan sponsors struggle to tell employees how to allocate their savings dollars, according...