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Explaining the motivation for releasing the new tool, the groups observe that life expectancy is usually given as “a single number coming from a single set of assumptions,...

Data from several providers indicate U.S. corporate pension plans’ funded status fell in April.

The GAO found many individual and employer decisions can substantially raise projected DC plan savings at retirement, especially for low-earning households.

Macquarie Group’s Delaware Investments announces the availability of new retirement share classes; Baird’s Chautauqua Capital launches global and international mutual funds available in institutional shares.

A webcast in June will address issues related to accumulated sick and vacation pay deferred to 403(b)s and 457(b)s.

Retirement plan sponsors have a role to lead and inspire employees and provide good resources.

They are more likely to survive, which means they have outperformed their peers.

403(b)s are still catching up with plan design and fiduciary best practices.

The firm says implications for retirement plans are often not fully considered in mergers and acquisitions.

Based on the current environment, investors’ return expectations may be more difficult to reach with traditional investment models.

The BeneClick! mobile app combines insurance protection, health care coverage and retirement savings plans on a single platform.

The Employee Benefits Security Administration has posted a series of videos covering topics including budgeting and establishing retirement savings rates.

Social Security should now be looked at as a foundation for retirement income, but not the whole house.

A survey found that group retirement plans are the most difficult employer benefit for workers to understand.

More and more employers are interested in offering financial wellness help to employees, and there are several methods for which to do that.

Few midsize employers are using HDHPs, Benefitfocus finds, and this could be at the expense of employee wellbeing and cost control, it suggests.

The calculators were developed to address the top financial concerns of consumers found in MassMutual's State of the Hispanic American Family study. 

Though a plan fiduciary filed bankruptcy, he still owes court-ordered retirement plan contributions.

The annual limitation on deductions for an individual with self-only coverage will change, while the limitation for individuals with family coverage will not.

Retirement plans qualified in Puerto Rico should have an easier time filing required annual documentation under recent rule changes.