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The lawsuit claims fiduciaries of the Waddell & Reed 401(k) plan breached their fiduciary duties and engaged in prohibited transactions in the selection of the plan’s investment lineup.

TDFs typically address risk by switching to fixed income as opposed to equity as a participant ages, but a closer look under the hood can reveal deeper insights...

The new resource allows an employer to measure the health of its retirement plan based on the digital enrollment and savings decisions participants make online and through their...

Vanguard researchers highlight several positive trends, including the growing adoption of automatic enrollment, target-date funds (TDFs), employer contributions, Roth options, and loan flexibility.

The system will allow retirement plan fiduciaries to have access to the complete documented process of their investment selection and monitoring, and provide clients with fiduciary protection.

Morningstar evaluated the plans through two different lenses: one, as an investment vehicle to save for future medical expenses, the other as a spending vehicle to cover current...

The strongly worded complaint says the plan fiduciaries “utterly abdicated their fiduciary duties to act prudently and loyally” by turning the plan over to TIAA and Vanguard Group.

More than half indicate they wish their employer offered more resources to help them prioritize their finances and wish their employer did more to educate them about saving...

However, many cite obstacles to saving for retirement.

The company will be purchasing a group annuity contract from Prudential.

Rising health care costs are still the biggest factor driving CDHP adoption.

More retirement plan sponsors are offering participants the opportunity to make Roth contributions and utilizing auto features to a degree of success, according to a report by T....

In addition, smaller companies that do sponsor a retirement plan for employees cite reasons for not using automatic plan features.

Forty percent of Millennials, 40% of Generation X and 52% of Baby Boomers know how much their employers contribute to the cost of health insurance, a survey finds.

Although more Millennials than other generations reported having a written financial plan, some of their immediate money habits do not coincide with long-term planning, Charles Schwab finds.

American General Life Insurance Company and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company have agreed to take on $1 billion of Accenture’s pension obligations.

Voya Financial hired leader of Retirement Product Organization; Lincoln Financial names head of Product Management; HSA Bank announces new leadership appointments; and more.

A J.P. Morgan analysis points out one relatively unknown strategy that may help investors respond to big changes in the tax treatment of their savings: Proactive traditional-to-Roth conversions...

Many say they are not provided the information from their adviser or provider.

443 plan sponsors were surveyed throughout May 2017 in the latest report.