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For those identifying saving as a top priority, nearly two-thirds prefer to set aside money for long-term goals such as college, retirement, and health care.

Pre-retirees among all financial statuses have fears about health costs in retirement, but they are not having the conversations needed to plan.

Institutional investors expect stocks to be the best-performing assets in 2016, according to a new survey report released by Natixis Global Asset Management.

Current Internal Revenue Service employee benefit plan examinations initiatives heading into 2016 match closely the priories announced for the year almost ended.

Plan sponsors that work with an adviser get more information, more service, more everything, a survey says. .

A study looked at considerations important to DC retirement plan sponsors in selecting a stable value product.

Money market fund reforms are leading plan sponsors to consider alternatives to those investments, MetLife finds.

Natixis Global Asset Management announced a new benefit to assist employees with the repayment of their student loan debt.

Suffering an extreme bear market event near the onset of retirement can seriously derail an individual’s ability to maintain financial security late into life. 

A provision in a new law will return Form 5500 deadlines to what they were before the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act was passed.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has announced a number of projects it will complete before the end of 2015 that will affect government pensions.

More plan sponsors will use automatic enrollment, and at a higher default rate.

Inertia is a term usually reserved for retirement plan participant behavior, but plan sponsors can also drag their heels.

VMS' platform allows TPAs to offer integrated solutions.

Plan sponsors can boost their plan participants’ investing knowledge and confidence by knowing which type of investor they are.

Many of the problems facing the U.S. retirement system today are far from local phenomenon, says Fredrik Axsater of State Street Global Advisors.

Larry Zimpleman, who worked at The Principal Financial Group for 44 years in various roles, will retire in January.

The video helps employers educate employees about the IRS Form 1095-C mandated by ACA.

Some employers are starting to see wellness programs as a business imperative.

Analyses from three investment managers shows small decreases in corporate pension plans’ funding status.