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“These definitions provide a level platform for vendor evaluation as it relates to cyber security breach and fraud,” says Rasch Cousineau, a senior consultant with the Hyas Group.

The GAO interviewed retirement plan stakeholders and found several ways to stem the tide of funds leaving 401(k)s and IRAs.

Willis Towers Watson adds DC Delegated Solutions leader; HSA Bank appoints relationship management SVP; MetLife Investment Management appoints head of Institutional Client Group; and more.

Participation rates were nearly 96% higher for plans—a difference of 40 percentage points—with auto enrollment; the usage of auto escalation was nearly five times higher in plans that...

The new index can be used as the foundation for a wide range of custom solutions based on attributes, including credit quality, state, municipal sector classification and maturity.

However, when pressed by a Democratic lawmaker from Ohio, DOL Secretary Alexander Acosta was not able to provide specific details about his agency’s collaboration with the SEC on...

AdvisorConnect is a support network of plan sponsor-approved, registered financial professionals who specialize in the public-sector retirement space, and one of its key components is the My Financial...

The agency will accept determination letter applications for hybrid plans for a certain period and for merged plans on an ongoing basis.

A Morningstar study says investors are paying almost half as much to own funds in 2018, compared to 2000. 

Mike Sasso, with Portfolio Evaluations, and a professor at Boston University, explained a new way of thinking to get plan sponsors to focus on retirement income for participants.

Because people are living longer, healthier lives, the Wells Fargo Investment Institute has suggested different ways that Millennials, Generation X and Baby Boomers can successfully save for retirement.

The reason is primarily because they have not created a comprehensive, written plan, according to Fidelity.

Plan sponsors can look for new legislation and regulations that will have big effects on retirement plans this year, and state legislation could add some confusion.

A professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management discussed biases that must be considered when helping people make retirement income decisions.

Simplifying a defined contribution (DC) plan’s investment menu could encourage more employees to participate in the plan, sources say.

However, those who have a health savings account are more certain about how they will cover future health care costs.

Under the terms of a recently revealed settlement agreement, Vanderbilt 403(b) plan fiduciaries will have to contractually prohibit recordkeepers and other service providers from using plan participant data...

A mixed-bag district court ruling in Colorado closely examines the investment policy statements and contracts which governed the relationship between an advisory firm and a retirement plan committee...