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A white paper from Paragon Alliance Group intends to aid defined contribution plan sponsors in deciding whether auto enrollment...

“I don’t think many sponsors fully understand that plans in decline have financial characteristics that are entirely different from those that are growing,” says Kevin Wagner with Willis...

It isn’t investment costs the lawsuit complains about, but postage costs for excessive mailings.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation will pay retirement benefits for more than 21,000 current and future retirees of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

According to “Retirement Plans for Institutions of Higher Education,” nearly half of institutions are sponsoring a 401(k) plan.

Advisers will increasingly choose technology platforms to deliver advice, and insurance product pricing may become more like mutual funds, Cerulli Associates anticipates.

A different breed from stock in a retirement plan, ESPPs can encourage engagement and boost employees’ sense of financial well-being.

The demand for index funds played a part in the decline, says ICI.

Average all-in plan fees are down for both small and large retirement plan sponsors, according to the latest edition of the 401k Averages Book.

Despite their fears, few women have talked to loved ones or a financial adviser about long-term care plans and costs.

Participants will be able to make investment reallocations on their mobile device.

Through an alliance with Kurbo Health, Mercer will provide employers with a mobile health coaching and weight loss program.

It’s not just financial advisers and investment providers that should be prepping for the final fiduciary rule to emerge from DOL—plan sponsors will likely face changes and new...

Passive stock and bond funds netted $19.9 billion in inflows in February.

In both January and February, DC plan participant investment transfers favored fixed income, according to Aon Hewitt.

Ted Benna, an industry veteran since the start of 401(k) plans, says the new DOL fiduciary rule will make it even more important for retirement plan sponsors to...

Aon Hewitt attributes this, in part, to the prevalence of target-date funds in DC plans.

The sponsor used plan assets for non-plan purposes.

Instinctive decisionmakers admit their retirement savings habits are not ideal, and they agree that one-on-one meetings are the best way for them to receive information.

More than one-third of Millennials haven’t even started saving for retirement, and more than half of Gen X has less than $10,000 set aside, according to new research...