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Industry stakeholders disappointed the proposal does not address open MEPs can take heart in the fact that DOL staff are calling for commentary on ways the proposal could...

The solution uses new digital technology to help employees assess their individual financial wellness needs.

The co-owners of Vantage Benefits Administrators misappropriated funds from at least 1,000 plan participants in at least 20 employers’ retirement plans, prosecutors say.

John Barkett, senior director of policy affairs at Willis Towers Watson, explains that HRAs have to be connected to a group health plan, with some exceptions for retirees....

The product expansion will keep the loan current for an additional three months to allow time for engagement, education and counseling to help the participant take advantage of...

An article by Brian Donohue, partner at October Three Consulting, discusses how a funding surplus can pose a challenge to DB plan sponsors’ risk transfer or plan termination...

Faced with “growing obsolescence risk,” PGIM says there are two concrete steps that institutional asset owners should consider.

The solution will allow participants to more efficiently track their 401(k), 457 and 403(b) plans along with their HSA, while offering access to education and investment selection.

“Both financial literacy and short-run impatience play important roles in determining retirement saving, even after controlling for education and income,” researchers say in a study report.

Looking at the average funded ratio of all public pensions leads to generalizations, but dividing them into groups shows many are doing well, while some will need serious...

The plan’s sole fiduciary and trustee has agreed to restore pension assets that, according to an EBSA investigation, were improperly directed to operating expenses and illegal personal loans.

Looking at the definition of ‘retirement funds,’ an appellate court found an ex-husband’s argument that 401(k) and IRA assets still in the ex-wife’s name represent marital property that...

When compared with 2017 projections, life expectancy for 65-year-old private pension participants decreased slightly less than one month for women, and faintly more than a month for men.

However, 82% of Millennials say their financial planning needs improvement.

People who were asked to envision their lives in their 60s through 80s thought about saving more, where income would come from and working during those years.

Some disclosure requirements are removed from Subtopic 715-20, Compensation—Retirement Benefits—Defined Benefit Plans—General, and some requirements are added.

This year’s Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index suggests reducing pre-retirement leakage; requiring that part of the retirement benefit must be taken as an income stream; and increasing the...

These plans allow small businesses within a business group or association to join together to offer defined contribution retirement savings benefits.