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The two firms have complementary technology solutions and services, according to an announcement.

The company launched a short-term bond index fund and expanded its suite of responsible investment funds.

Employers are taking action to delay the ACA excise tax.

Several well-known music recording companies are named in a lawsuit tied to music streaming revenues and other sources of potential pension contributions.

Also extended is a provision in prior pension reform allowing over-funded pensions to use their excesses to fund retiree health and life insurance benefits.

"By being able to register directly, Legacy 401k is able to provide our clients with the highest level of service," says Patrick Stuhr.

Symetra provides employee benefits, annuities and life insurance.

Among the challenges cited by employers were increased health care benefits costs.

The EEOC says a company violated federal law when it rejected a 58-year-old applicant upon learning that he was older than the company's ideal age range.

“Companies need to communicate clearly, aggressively and creatively about what they're offering and how the programs can enhance their employees' well-being,” says Brodeur Partners CEO Andrea Coville.

The median savings rate for non-highly compensated employees increased to 5.9%.

Many workers in the U.S. lack confidence in Social Security, yet more than half have done nothing to address personal longevity risk.

The purpose of the revision is to provide more specificity concerning the data to be shared between providers.

There is perhaps no better venue than a marathon Labor Department hearing to show what practices and beliefs most divide an industry.

The IRS says the webcast will reveal what it’s learned from compliance activities.

If the successor liability notice requirement excludes notice of contingent multiemployer pension plan liabilities, “a liability loophole would exist,” the 7th Circuit said.

Seventy-eight percent of survey respondents who have never worked with a financial professional are worried about running out of money in retirement.

The fourth and final article in a series about how to boost retirement plan participant engagement and outcomes beyond automatically enrolling employees.

John Carbone signed on to Fred Alger Management, and Jessica Portis joined Mercer Investments.