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“Internal controls should be part of a plan sponsor’s day-to-day operations,” says a partner at CPAs & Advisors, speaking at the Plan Sponsor Council of America National Conference.

Conduent Sells Global HR Consulting and Actuarial Business; Mercer Promotes Former Global Client Manager; Ameritas Announces SVP of Retirement Plans Team; and more. 

Participants in the Lowe’s 401(k) plan have filed an ERISA complaint against their employer and Aon Hewitt Investment Consultants over alleged imprudent investment decisions.

From Beacon Wealth Consultants, it is called the LightPoint Kingdom(k) retirement plan.

Empower identified “habits of success” that correlate with higher projected retirement income—saving in a workplace retirement plan, saving at a higher level and having a formal plan for...

Russell Investments Presents New ESG Score Framework; Merrill Lynch Reveals New ESG Portfolios; EDHEC-Risk Institute Reexamines Retirement Products; and more.

PLANSPONSOR speaks with John Diehl, senior vice president of strategic markets for Hartford Funds, on the subject of equity market volatility and ways to help ease plan participant...

Speaking at the Plan Sponsor Council of America (PSCA) 71st Annual National Conference, Brodie Wood, SVP of healthcare, education and not-for-profit markets at Transamerica Retirement Solutions, discussed the...

Sara Caddy, benefits manager at Dimensional Fund Advisors, which won an Eddy Award for HSA usage, overall participation and communication strategy, shared its recipe for success.

The decision puts another layer of finality on the fate of the now-defunct Department of Labor fiduciary rule expansion, meaning the compliance landscape has shifted yet again for...

Fred Reish, partner at Drinker, Biddle and Reath, told attendees of the Plan Sponsor Council of America 71st Annual National Conference, from his perspective, plan sponsors have a...

The guide includes information on rollovers, loans, hardship withdrawals and much more.

The Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities announced a partnership with Transamerica to create a 403(b) multiple employer retirement plan specifically for its educational institution members.

Data provided by LGIMA suggests the average U.S. pension plan’s funding ratio increased a full 2% during the month of April.

BlackRock Managing Director Anne Ackerley, in conversation with PLANSPONSOR, explains new opportunities to deliver retirement income solutions to plan participants, including through the QDIA.  

A speaker at PSCA’s 71st Annual National Conference suggests reports of Americans retirement savings inadequacy are overblown and offers data to back that up.

Paying off debt is their second greatest fear, Franklin Templeton found in a survey.

The rise in lawsuits is prompting more sponsors to turn to lower-cost index funds—and could prevent them from offering lifetime income products.

Student debt hurts the financial well-being of an overwhelming portion of respondents to a new survey—with the scourge of student debt cutting across generations and economic status.

While 80% of investors say their adviser discusses risk tolerance, only 50% say they bring up the subject of guaranteed lifetime income.