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In addition, more employers are embracing plan design features that encourage employees to use higher-quality, more efficient and lower-cost services, Willis Towers Watson finds.

A philosophy can help plan fiduciaries focus on the “why” when making retirement plan decisions and not just the “how,” enhancing their fiduciary process.

The online solution will offer a library of podcasts, publications, and other materials covering equity markets debt, unconstrained fixed income, and several other topics affecting institutional investors today.

Seventy-one percent of plans allowing employer contributions make a match, and more than half of plan sponsors offer the same investment menu as offered in their qualified DC...

401(k) plan participants moved at least $213 million into fixed income investments during the month.

One in four Baby Boomers have less than $5,000 saved for retirement, a study finds.

Franklin Templeton Investments rolls out actively managed ETF suite; AXA launches collective investment trust; BlackRock reducing iShares ETF costs; and more.

One-third of financial advisers who counsel DC plans already plan to make changes to mutual funds used in their clients’ DC plans in 2017, a survey finds.

They also believe their financial future is largely dependent on their physical well-being.

Women who take breaks early in their careers face a potential retirement savings shortfall of up to $1.3 million dollars, research finds.

B.C. Inc. restored nearly $150,000 to its 401(k) plan.

When investors were asked to choose whether low interest rates or high interest rates are better for their own financial situation today, 63% of all surveyed say they...

But, for the worst off states, counties and cities, four options exist to improve their situations, the study says.

Mercer has revealed a new approach to help employers contain specialty pharmacy costs. 

The lawsuit alleges fiduciary breaches for holding 401(k) plan assets mostly in one company stock and notes that the plan’s trustee had “no meaningful expertise” in portfolio management.

A study of retirement savers in the U.S., UK and Ireland found those in the U.S. are more confident about retirement as well as financial wellness.

Employers have introduced a number of tactics to control costs, and many are turning to consultants to help with compliance.

Student loan payments are preventing Millennials from making several investment decisions and life choices, with 38.7% saying they’ve had to delay retirement saving.

Making matters worse, women spend, on average, 70% of this income on health care.

An analysis from the Society of Actuaries finds plans with lower discount rates actually had lower unfunded liabilities.