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Plan sponsors have been moving away from traditional financial-wellness education methods and utilizing tools like apps and games to help participants manage their finances and prepare for retirement.

A retirement plan can allow a victim of Hurricane Matthew to take a hardship distribution or borrow up to the specified statutory limits from the victim’s retirement plan,...

63% surveyed say the election has already impacted their investment choices in the past year. 

They also expect the Federal Reserve will raise rates by year-end.

Impax expands North America ream; Two Executives join Allianz Life; Northern Trust Asset Management expands leadership; and more.

Plan Management Corporation and CompIntelligence announced a strategic partnership and integration, aimed at delivering a “complete stock plan solution.”

Some providers are encouraging a type of hybrid approach, bringing together the best of both TDFs and managed accounts. 

In addition, the firm has added a conversation explaining the value of guaranteed retirement income.

“It is critically important for advisers and sponsors who are affected by the new rule to have a comprehensive, practical, and accessible resource for dealing with the opportunities...

Protecting the tax-favored status of employer-sponsored health and retirement plans is a key concern, a survey finds.

Prudential reduces fees on mutual funds; Beaumont Capital Management releases smart beta series; and Ivy launches NextShares exchange-traded managed funds.

The updated improvement scale suggests U.S. mortality continues to improve, but at a slower average rate of improvement than previous years, which may decrease pension plan obligations slightly.

Increases in the premiums for defined benefit plans was provided for in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.

The overpayment caused a direct loss to the plan and constituted a prohibited transaction under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Department of Labor (DOL) alleges.

Many employees experiencing health care cost increases decreased contributions to retirement plans, the Employee Benefit Research Institute finds.

The accrued benefit of a variable benefit plan is tied to market performance, relieving sponsors of having to support underfunded plans.

A report from Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo says actions of the New York State Comptroller are in contrast to other state pension managers which...

Enrollment in consumer-driven health plans still continues to rise, however, according to United Benefit Advisors.

The Institute's first white paper, "Using Decision Styles to Improve Financial Outcomes – Why Every Plan Needs a Retirement Check-Up," examines the two primary styles that people use...

Forty-five percent of households headed by Millennials held their funds only through employer-sponsored retirement plans, according to the Investment Company Institute.