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2015 was the first calendar year since 2008 that institutional investors overall had a negative return.

The 6th Circuit wants the district court to reconsider the vested retiree health benefits challenge in light of a Supreme Court decision about the case.

Competing financial priorities are making Generation X far less confident than other generations that they will be able to make ends meet in retirement.

While three-quarters of pre-retirees and retirees have some kind of financial retirement plan, only 16% have a formal written retirement plan, a LIMRA study found.

New data from Voya shows TDF investors have grown in sophistication and are embracing a deeper definition of diversification. 

If today’s working-age households had the same level of student debt as those recently leaving college, an additional 4.6% would be at risk of having inadequate income in...

Defined contribution (DC) assets now represent more than 48% of global retirement assets, according to Willis Towers Watson.

The firm has launched a redesigned Workplace Retirement site.

Seven in 10 African-American investors cite workplace retirement plans as a contributing reason for becoming an investor.

Researchers analyzed whether it is realistic to expect that older individuals will be able to work longer.

Dan Oldroyd with J.P. Morgan provides TDF investment tips for retirement plan fiduciaries.

The agency is hosting a webinar about the 2015 Cumulative List.

Help with student loans joins retirement, health and vacation benefits as a priority.

The guidance includes prohibited changes to a safe harbor retirement plan.

As employer retirement and health care benefits become less generous (and early retirement incentives become rarer), employers wield less direct influence over their employees’ retirement decisions.

New hires at USI Consulting and Southern Employee Benefit Practice of Milliman, and Stausboll retires from CalPERS.

ERISA expert discusses the significant implications of the Supreme Court’s decision in Montanile v. Board of Trustees, especially as it pertains to plan sponsors enforcing liens on retirement...

FASB says its objective is to improve the effectiveness of disclosures.

Ongoing withdrawals from savings could jeopardize people’s future, LIMRA says.

The Department of Labor has advanced its conflict of interest regulations to the Office of Management and Budget for final review.