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Paychex found the more revenues a business earned, the more likely it was to offer retirement and health benefits to employees.

Large employers also tend to include more features in their retirement plans, a Transamerica study of employers finds.

Researchers found that although education increased participants’ use of expected tax-rate changes in their plan choices, participants continued to display an economically “irrational” preference for pre-tax deferrals over...

A new stock drop complaint includes not only the Sears Holdings Savings Plan, but also the Sears Holdings Puerto Rico Savings Plan.

Nearly one-third are "panicked" or "very worried" about inflation's negative effects.

Forty percent of CIEBA members said it would be very or extremely difficult to explain the Rothification of 401(k) plans to participants.

Lincoln Financial Group hires Retirement Plan Services leader; Teachers Tax Service joins PlanMember; Retirement Advantage to acquire Retirement Planning Inc.; and more.

Ninety percent surveyed are interested in pursuing sustainable investments as part of their 401(k)s.

FSR says, “access to investment services for investors with modest-sized and small account balances has been, and will continue to be, substantially diminished as a result of the...

PlanOnTarget also provides more robust reporting for retirement plan sponsors.

“We continue to see increased investment and growing interest in adding direct real estate to DC plans,” says Michael O’Connor, co-chair of DCREC’s Best Practices Committee.

Vanguard updates benchmarks for bond funds; USA Financial adds asset managers to platform; Voya cuts fees on Large-Cap Growth Fund; and more.

Along with its comment letter to the Department of Labor, SIFMA sent study results that showed advisers have reduced access to retirement advice and products.

The month recorded the lowest trading volumes among DC plan participants since April 2012, Alight Solutions says.

This time of year is a peak time for hardship withdrawal requests, providers say, and call center staff and provider websites can help educate participants about implications and...

Many retirement industry providers will be glad to see the DOL is starting to signal a delay in the applicability date of the full new fiduciary rule and...

Greater exposure to higher-yielding corporate bonds can notably dampen a fixed-income allocation’s diversification benefits to equity investments.

In addition, the 5th Circuit found a settlement agreement between Singing River Health System and its current and former employees was unfair, as there was no guarantee of...

The denial of the class certification motion goes into some detail regarding what it takes to establish class standing under ERISA.

Groom Law Group attorneys say they have seen an increase in the number of pension plans that have faced possible Office of Foreign Assets Control violations arising from...