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The combined services of the firms are being rolled out in response to employers asking for a comprehensive investment strategy that ties health and retirement benefits together.

The participant only prevailed in moving forward a claim that Verizon allowed an imprudent investment option to continue to be offered in its retirement plans.

The solution offers three levels of risk within the same TDF family, leveraging exchange-traded funds wrapped within collective investment trusts to keep costs as low as possible. 

A technical update provides an alternative method for determining whether reporting an attrition event to the PBGC is required.

Financial planning guidance and Social Security counseling top the list of financial services Hispanics would like from their employers, according to a survey by MassMutual.

A sentencing memorandum for Kelley cites many letters from friends, family and former co-workers attesting to “a life otherwise characterized by a deep devotion to her family, friends...

The agency is proposing that termination forms may be filed electronically and that plan sponsors be offered a pre-filing consultation.

Prudential will formally assume responsibility for pension benefits for approximately 45,000 former employees or their beneficiaries receiving less than $450 in monthly benefit payments from the plan.

The court basically decided Fidelity was not the fiduciary responsible for choosing to provide the advice and SDBA offerings to participants.

NYLIM names president of MainStay Funds; Mercer names principal for Minneapolis health business; Alight hires leader for Health & Wealth Solutions; and more.

“While Millennials are saving, most are not planning," observes IRI President and CEO Cathy Weatherford.

The website offers digital tools, videos, tutorials and more to help plan sponsors in the tax-exempt field raise the retirement readiness of their participants.

Respondents to a survey from Mercer reported preferences for policies to mitigate costs.

Hartford Funds expands fixed income ETF suite; Sage releases ESG Intermediate Credit Index; ICMA-RC opening investments to private sector.

Choosing passive investments is a clear and simple way to reduce fees; however, choosing the fund with the cheapest expense ratio does not “equate to checking the fiduciary...

More education is needed to prepare people for paying medical expenses in retirement.

Aon shows only 6% of U.S. corporate DB plan obligations have actually been settled since 2012.

401(k) participants claim GE retained underperforming proprietary funds in the plan so that its asset management arm could earn significant profits.

Recordkeepers widely identify “reducing plan administration costs” and “maximizing participant savings” as the top two priorities for defined contribution plan sponsors; CITs are also a big focal point.