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The updated mortality improvement rates and static tables apply for purposes of calculating a defined benefit (DB) plan’s funding target and other items for valuation dates occurring during...

The new offering will have three menus—core menu, core plus and expanded menu—and depending on the demographics and investment acumen of participants, plan sponsors can choose the best...

A new calculator from Millennium Trust, the Automatic Rollover Savings Calculator, allows plan sponsors to see their potential cost savings by automatically rolling over participant account balances of...

The parties anticipate that they will be in a position to submit a formal settlement motion to the court within 45 days.

The new program allows employers to integrate charitable giving into their current benefits program.

Pension plans’ funding rose a mere 70 basis points last year, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Schroders adds promotions and hires to distribution team; Niles Lankford Group rebrands to Latitude; and Franklin Templeton names IPM for emerging markets team. 

If one adds annual spending figures, in today’s dollars, if you’re “average,” one can expect costs to be $414,000 over a lifetime.

According to Lori Dickerson Fouché, with TIAA, “The enhanced Retirement Profile tool shows TIAA annuity customers how the combination of lifetime income—such as fixed and variable annuities, Social...

Schwab Adds Conestoga Fund to Mutual Fund List; GSAM Acquires Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services; and Firm Offers FDIC-Insured Alternative to Stable Value Funds.

While start-up plans do offer beneficial provisions for retirement plan participants, PLANSPONSOR’s 2018 Defined Contribution Survey finds not all of them are yet using plan designs and governance...

If they were automatically enrolled into a defined contribution plan, 77% say they would remain in the plan.

The plan’s history offers a case study for how to turn around a troubled public pension system after years of neglect; the system at one point was no...

“While the VALIC name is strong and well respected, the AIG name carries even greater recognition in the marketplace and among sponsors, consultants and participants,” Rob Scheinerman, president,...

LT Trust's new website will serve as a 401(k) resource center to employers sponsoring 401(k) plans and to their employees.

HSA Bank recommends employers offer a guide about health plans, their costs and what they cover; a health plan comparison tool; and a tax-advantaged savings account to help...

Fidelity is accused of charging an illegal and undisclosed pay-to-play fee that Fidelity extracts from investment companies that wish to ensure their products are marketed and sold through...

J.P. Morgan’s “Corporate Pension Peer Analysis 2018,” says 2018 was the largest asset allocation de-risking year for defined benefit (DB) plans since 2011.

The Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association has issued a first-of-its-kind report about allocations in custom target-date funds (TDFs), and while plan sponsors' data is aggregated for the report,...