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Every retirement plan provider analyzed by Corporate Insight enables participants to adjust their contribution rates from at least one mobile platform.

The suit says Fidelity was overly conservative in its underlying investments and used strategies to appease wrap providers to the detriment of 401(k) plan participants.

Looking back over a year of compliance coverage on www.plansponsor.com, few topics match the volume of reporting filed on the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rulemaking effort.

Lathrop & Gage adds an ESOP pro, BTIG expands its transition management unit and Mercer teams with Vemo.

Representatives say their new proposals would take steps to codify a set of bipartisan principles members introduced in November.

The Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association issued a white paper to help sponsors do a better job of preparing participants for retirement. 

Central bank policies around the world are diverging, which could cause volatility spikes, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management—but that doesn’t mean it’s time to turn off risk.

The companies expect to bring new market cap-based equity strategies to retirement plan clients, with a focus on target-date funds.

A business owner failed to refund more than $8,000 in employee-paid premiums after his company went out of business.

Nearly all plan sponsors—99%—decreased their discount rates last year, to a level that is unlikely to be reversed in 2015, because of the small change in yield curves...

An analysis illustrates the unfortunate consequences imposed on U.S. retirees due to the extended period of exceptionally low bond market yields witnessed over the past seven years.

IRS guidance applies same-gender marriage court decision to retirement plans.

Mercer has outlined key investment issues it says DB plan sponsors should focus on in the new year.

The custodian believes it has incorrectly invoiced some asset servicing clients.

Experts advise individuals not to neglect retirement planning.

A provision in the budget deal approved by Congress would delay the tax for two years.

The agency will post a notice about what's new for practitioners in January.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by one-quarter of a percent, the first raise in nine years.

The list of changes in plan qualification requirements is used by retirement plan sponsors and practitioners submitting determination letter applications for their plan documents.

One-third of participants ages 35 to 49 say they are planning to depend less on financial advisers in the years ahead.