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Alight Solutions says there was a 50/50 split of trading days favoring equities and those favoring fixed income.

The agency also issued a reminder that a certain amount of flexible spending account assets can be rolled over to the following year.

Roughly four in five retirement plan participants said it would be at least somewhat useful to have additional information about investment fees, according to research from The Pew...

For Millennials, student loan debt, credit cards and health care expenses all measured equally as causes for “extreme” amounts of financial stress, a survey found.

The tool is designed to ensure employees receive the right care while containing costs for themselves and their employers.

The tables are to be used for determining contributions to DB plans and permitted disparity in DC plan contributions.

Together, defined benefit (DB) plans and nonprofits continue to represent the majority of the assets under management of outsourced chief investment officers (OCIOs) polled by Cerulli Associates.

Forty-three percent of Millennials say they need help managing saving for retirement, while 40% want help with good general savings habits.

Only half of retirees with debt are confident they will be able to live the lifestyle they want, but 70% of retirees without debt are confident.

The lawsuit suggests Nordstrom should have offered managed accounts or collective investment trusts to participants in its 401(k) plan.

One-third would sacrifice retirement benefits.

The suit alleges that defendants “breached their fiduciary duties by causing the plan to invest in funds offered and managed by Franklin Templeton, when better-performing and lower-cost funds...

The court found nothing in the plan document prevented the board of the Computer Sciences Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for Key Executives to amend the plan to introduce...

The committee's initial focus will be on the corporate bond and municipal securities markets.

In light of a stronger focus on fiduciary responsibilities, more than three-fourths of higher education plan sponsors have implemented an investment policy statement, compared to 60% in 2015, according...

Segal Hires Former Consultant on Employee Benefit and Health Care Strategies; Janney Montgomery Scott Adds New Workers to Equity Research Group; Recordkeeping and Consulting Firm Joins ABG; and...

Plan sponsors should be aware that many participants have assets invested with providers that do not serve their current plan, which has implications for measuring readiness.

Among other changes of note for plan sponsors, the proposal “applies a single aggregate limit to contributions for an employee in a governmental section 457(b) plan and elective...

Those tracking S&P plans estimate a slight decrease in or flat pension funding ratio, while other estimate a slight increase. Most agree funding is up for the year.

The group says it has considered moving from a DB plan for clergy to a DC plan and concluded that doing so “would be irresponsible.”