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Slightly more than half of mega plan sponsors in Northern Trust’s book of business deploy custom target-date strategies.

The founder of an investment company has pleaded guilty and been sentenced.

A lawsuit claims MFS used its 401(k) plans “as an opportunity to promote MFS’s mutual fund business and maximize profits at the expense of the plans and their...

Ninety-six percent of HSA holders invest their money in cash, EBRI finds.

An analysis by the EBRI found that HSA-eligible plans may become more attractive as health insurance premiums are lowered or eliminated.

ACOs are considered by several analysts to represent the next phase in reducing health care benefit costs, and the NBGH has released two new solutions designed to help...

Ron Pressman, TIAA CEO for Institutional Financial Services, says there are five best practices that retirement plans can implement.

As employees with HSAs near retirement, questions often arise about the impact of Medicare on their HSA, the firm says.

If the ACA employer mandate were repealed, 96% of employers surveyed would continue to provide health benefits for workers.

The agency says it uses information submitted by plan sponsors under the regulation to determine whether mergers and transfers conform to the requirements of ERISA Section 4231.

The gross settlement amount is $22 million.

Lincoln found those who are successful with their goals don’t sacrifice savings.

Still, funded status is up for the year, according to one firm’s estimates.

Individual annuity contracts and a large plan investment lineup are targets in the Brown University lawsuit, just as they are with most other lawsuits against higher education institutions’...

As the nation moves more to a “gig” economy, the question becomes: How can we prepare part-time employees for a financially secure retirement?

The Standard names Retirement Plan Services VP; Wells Fargo hires head of Portfolio Solutions; Cafaro Greenleaf expands Retirement Plans team; and more.

The last four decades have brought tremendous amounts of new capital into the equities markets even as the total number of securities has sharply declined.

Historically, financial instruments, such as mortgage-backed securities, credit default swaps, complex bonds and other derivatives, have been difficult to value, which has the potential to adversely impact markets...

BlackRock moving listing venue for 50 iShares ETFs, and Nuveen enters closed-end fund merger.

This is prompting employers to ask their benefits brokers for new and innovative solutions.