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Mercer survey finds employers reacting positively to the SCOTUS verdict in King v. Burwell.

Logic would dictate that retirees would shift their retirement savings to annuity products, but this has yet to happen, a research paper says.

Selection of good providers can help avoid lawsuits.

Benefit Plans Administrative Services (BPAS) has acquired the defined contribution plan administration practice of Lifetime Benefit Solutions (LBS).

“Insurance is where you can really provide a lot more benefit to employees,” says Stephen Locko with ISN Network.

Workers are still mainly unaware of the long-term tax-free growth health savings accounts (HSAs) can generate. 

 

The DOL will host health benefits law compliance seminars in Nebraska, South Carolina and Pennsylvania.

An HR director from Vanderbilt University shared tips from her IRS 403(b) plan audit experience with attendees of the NTSA 403(b) Summit.

Sun Life Investment Management has agreed to purchase Prime Advisors.

More than half do not think their performance figures are completely accurate.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to again revisit an amended decision in a long-running and complicated stock drop suit impacted by the Supreme Court’s Dudenhoeffer...

An integrated global platform delivering a wide array of advice and analytics services is one goal of a merger between Towers Watson and Willis Group.

Advisers and sponsors have three investment support providers to choose from.

The reverse stock drop case Tatum v. RJR Pension Committee has been turned down by the Supreme Court. 

According to Chatham Partners, plan providers may be at risk of losing their clients.

While 81% of respondents to a survey feel optimistic about their financial futures, only one in five feel “very prepared” for retirement.

A district court in Colorado has granted in part and dismissed in part a motion from Great-West to dismiss a class action lawsuit alleging the company breached fiduciary...

Fewer than 10,000 of Vanguard’s 3.6 million participants use the brokerage option.

“In 22 states, plan sponsors can use automatic enrollment right away,” said Matt Spina, executive vice president and chief operating officer at AdminPartners.

An expert from PwC says the ruling will have little impact on retirement plans.