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A federal appellate court found the consultant was not acting as a plan fiduciary.

The white paper explains why a review of insurers’ administrative capabilities and practices is such a crucial part of fiduciaries’ responsibilities in light of the Department of Labor’s...

Mercer suggests the Trends module will be updated on a quarterly basis with real data on investment manager searches, enabling users to create custom reporting and filtering.

However, many are missing opportunities to leverage proven cost management strategies, according to Hub International Limited.

The fund had an annual costs of 35 bps per year in the plans being targeted by the latest self-dealing lawsuit.

Plan sponsors are beginning to worry that their workers won't be able to retire in a timely fashion.

It shows plan balances and projected retirement income.

Satisfaction with health and well-being programs is high, but more personalization is needed, a survey finds.

Plaintiffs say the “artificial inflation of the company stock price” made Target shares a bad investment for the ESOP. 

Regulations allowing public DBs to base their liability discount rates on the assumed expected rate of return on their assets encourage investments in public equity, alternative assets and...

On the fixed-income side, Strategic Insight finds active bond funds netted $6.1 billion of new investments during June 2016, “mainly on demand for muni-bond offerings.”

Known as the ClearDirection Plan Management program, a new client service approach from CUNA Mutual Retirement Solutions focuses on simplifying key administrative processes.

Checksmart and its investment adviser, Cetera Advisor Networks, have been specifically targeted over fees of risk-based asset allocation funds in Checksmart’s 401(k) plan.

A federal district court found that, although the confirmed reorganization plan for the company was ambiguous as to whether ESOP participants could sell shares, a bankruptcy court was...

In contrast to factors boosting the U.S. ranking, the country also has one of the highest levels of income inequality among developed nations—challenging the retirement planning effort at...

OneAmerica sees tremendous opportunities for holistic financial wellness programs.

In addition to their own interest in boosting investment performance, investor demand is another top reason why investment managers are taking ESG issues into consideration, Cerulli finds.

The senators say the rules issued by the EEOC contradict existing rules in the ACA.

Employees could use education about cash management, a survey shows.

Research warns that current retirees had much less control over their own date of retirement than anticipated, implying plans to work beyond the average retirement age are generally...