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A study suggests that defined benefit plans’ move to mark-to-market accounting may be less driven by transparency motives and more driven by executive compensation motives.

The participant website has a new retirement readiness tool which is featured as participants log-in.

A new white paper spells out the main areas of retirement plan governance and compliance, offering clear pathways for plans to consider following in order to improve compliance...

Corporate ERISA plans were helped by a significant allocation to high yield, emerging market debt and longer duration investment grade bonds.

The proposal would require reporting the service cost component of retirement benefit costs separately from other components.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says the Houston-based restaurant chain violated hiring laws by permitting intentional age discrimination in “front house” positions. 

ESG investing principals are being implemented by institutional investors in a rich variety of ways, with an increasing emphasis on the “social” and “governance” portion of ESG. 

Morningstar argues the increased savings benefits measured among managed account users are likely to outweigh the costs of such products over TDF pricing. 

In particular, the IRS addresses applicability of final hybrid plan regulations to implicit interest PEPs.

The text of the defeated complaint shows insurance providers are clearly worried about potential consequences of the DOL fiduciary rulemaking.

The agency has announced the availability of Issue Snapshots and has updated two fix-it guides.

The financial-services firm has released a fee-policy statement designed to help plan sponsors and their advisers evaluate fees surrounding retirement plans.

The agency encourages plan sponsors to use the sample language contained in the package.

Mercer data shows the funding ration as flat from September to October, while Wilshire and Legal & General Investment Management America show a slight uptick.

A new report from Vanguard argues Roth IRA offerings can help participants concerned about estate planning and maximizing tax efficiency for retirement spending.

Some experts say taking the 12b-1 approach can result in lower net fees, while others call for an end to the method for paying investment provider fees and...

T. Rowe CIO to Retire; Voya Hires VP of ESG; Morningstar Appoints Two New Leaders in Tech; and more.

Despite market volatility and a continued low interest rate environment, DB plan sponsors can still establish an effective LDI strategy to derisk their plans.

Nearly 85% of pension plans paying PBGC premiums have less than 1,000 participants—so it only makes sense that small plans make up a significant proportion of the ERISA...

In addition, companies are rounding out their wellbeing offerings, particularly recognizing the negative effects of poor financial wellbeing, with two-thirds seeing lowered productivity as a direct impact, and...