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What are the rules for locating missing retirement plan participants and what should plan sponsors do when they’re found?

Industry expert replaces BPAS SVP of Fiduciary Services; USI Consulting employs VP of Retirement Services; Cafaro Greenleaf announces addition of investment analyst; and more.

Among the bills approved by the House Ways and Means Committee is one that would qualify significantly more health treatments, services and over-the-counter drugs for HSA spending.

However, the Center for Retirement Research (CRR) at Boston College found portfolio allocation did account for about one-quarter of the total 16-year underperformance for bottom quartile plans.

Navnoor Kang allegedly used his position to direct up to $2.5 billion in state business to registered representatives at two different broker/dealers.

A new law would raise the contribution limit for SIMPLE plans from $12,500 to $15,500 for the smallest businesses and give businesses with 26 to 100 employees the...

Vanguard expands commission-free ETF transactions; MassMutual and T. Rowe Price create TDF collaboration; Johnson Investment Counsel adds Charles River as wealth management business; and more.

In conclusion, IZA says, “the data do not support the idea that presenting optional 401(k) plan information in a simpler, more compact way will improve employees’ retirement planning...

Goals like paying off student loans, reducing debt and saving for college can be linked to the tool so users can keep track of their progress.

In addition, Vanguard found among its book of business a large increase in the number of small businesses offering retirement plans to employees.

Since the Supreme Court decision about the definition of church plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Internal Revenue Service has issued several private letter rulings...

Also being considered is legislation for expanding benefits of HSAs.

Plans which permit non-safe harbor hardship distributions could theoretically approve a participant’s hardship distribution request for the repayment of student loans, but those relying on the safe harbor...

The bill establishes steps retirement plan sponsors can take to avoid violations of RMD and ERISA rules, among other things.

They are on track to replace 75% of their income, compared to 64% for Americans overall.

Commenting on the decision, Segal Consulting says it is “consistent with every other decision handed down in similar cases except for one,” the Southern District of New York...

Yet, a significant number are not saving for retirement at all.

A team of experts will review claim data and provide actionable insight into an employer's health care spend, with the objective of helping employers identify and realize cost...

As more marketable obligations—such as those for in-pay retirees—are transferred to insurers, residual DB plans will have unusual and idiosyncratic features that make them more difficult to manage,...

Among employers that do not offer a financial wellness program, reasons cited in a survey were: have not thought about it, need more resources to execute, need to...