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Research from TIAA Institute suggests the insurance value of a GLWB may be overstated relative to the typical cost of purchasing the GLWB guarantee, and a systematic withdrawal...

Pew researchers further find metropolitan areas with low retirement plan access rates are heavily concentrated in certain large states.

Default deferral rate decisions and investment decisions could impact participation and savings outcomes.

The decrease in funding was due in part to relatively flat equity markets, according to both Mercer and Wilshire.

NYLIM appoints Chief Operating Officer; VALIC names Healthcare and Government Markets business leader, and more.

Washington State will open its plan on January 1, 2017.

The proposed rule would provide guidance about the process for requesting a facilitated merger, including a request for financial assistance.

“The index helps plan sponsors determine where and when it is good to take liquidity risk,” says Thierry Adant, with Willis Towers Watson.

Oppenheimer unveils new infrastructure fund; SEI adds Real Assets Multi-Strategy Fund to CIT; Morningstar ‘Framework’ Helps Glide Path Decisions, and more.

DB plan sponsors should act to protect themselves in the new regime, and in some cases, they can capitalize from it.

Nearly one-quarter of employees say they will have to work past age 70, but many of them may not be able to due to stress and health issues.

The solution includes content designed to drive retirement plan participant engagement and spur specific actions.

A survey suggests a key part of the solution is senior leadership support.

Steady as a drumbeat, LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute data shows pension buyouts topped $1 billion for the fourth consecutive quarter. 

The recordkeeping solution has been extended to more retirement plans in the small market.

DC plans have a material and positive impact on employee retirement savings behavior and outcomes, PLANSPONSOR’s 2016 Participant Survey indicates.

The single-employer program is underfunded by more than $19 billion, and the multiemployer program is underfunded by more than $42 billion.

The DOL disagreed with Foot Locker’s argument that each participant must show he or she detrimentally relied on Foot Locker's misrepresentations in order to obtain equitable relief.

A survey found not being able to afford to contribute is the top reason employees say they do not participate in their employer-sponsored plans, and many are not...

A federal appellate court has determined that retirement plan participants’ equitable relief claims under ERISA are not duplicative of their benefit claims.