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The agency is proposing two modifications for multiemployer plans and one modification for single-employer plans.

As part of the analysis of pension investments, the PensionSmart Analysis tool can examine different investment “glide path” options to help sponsors achieve specific goals related to funding...

The SaaS firm has expanded its platform and initiated new partnerships to help employers easily roll out student loan refinancing as an employee benefit.

“In terms of the legislative agenda going forward, there is definitely a discussion of a pivot to tax reform,” said Elisabeth Bell, tax counsel for Senator Ben Cardin;...

“Companies feel that the time is right to reduce or eliminate their pension funding shortfalls.” says Matt McDaniel, partner, Mercer.

In a series of articles, PLANSPONSOR is profiling industry groups that work for retirement and health plan sponsors to protect them from onerous burdens and help them with...

Willis Towers Watson makes the case for white label funds in a new paper.

Employers are looking at various cost-controlling strategies such as partnering with Centers of Excellence and offering telemedicine services.

The Callan DC Index also shows nearly three-fourths of DC plan account balance growth has been due to investment performance.

Seventy-nine percent of employees indicate they have experienced an increase in health care costs, and of those, 63% say they are reducing the amount they are saving for...

T. Rowe Price hires senior DC strategist; Lockton adds retirement consultant to Northeast Practice; Mercer offers student loan repayment benefit as part of wellness program; and more.

The majority of outflows from retirement plan participant accounts came from U.S. equities and company stock, despite powerful stock market returns for the year thus far.

The relief regards verification procedures for plan loans and distributions, participant contributions and loan payments, blackout notices, and group health plan compliance.

There have been a rash of third-party administrator (TPA) acquisitions recently, and TPAs are offering new services.

The campaign can be used by public- and private-sector retirement plan sponsors.

Goldman Sachs launches new ETF; Betterment rolls out smart beta portfolio; and GRP partners with Envestnet to launch CIT suite.

PwC says there is a great need for financial wellness programs, as 53% of employees feel financially stressed, and this costs employers with 10,000 workers $3.3 million a...

The state is trying a pension risk transfer option commonly used by corporate plan sponsors.