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A report says the ratio of assets to liabilities reported by public pension systems under new GASB standards will rise and fall far more sharply than the funded...

Like employers in other industries, production company employers in the entertainment industry were forced by health care reform to consider offering health care benefits to employees or pay...

The growing awareness of increased lifespans is pushing retirement plan participants to look beyond the money and ask how they would like to live that part of their...

Defined contribution retirement plan sponsors are subject to many risks which ultimately put a company’s reputation at risk, experts at Sibson Consulting note.

The EEOC has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against Seasons 52.

Returns in the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe were positive in 2014, but a weak forth quarter pushed performance well below 2013 levels.

Health savings accounts saw a year over year increase of 25% in assets—including from contributions and investments.

While lump-sum payments to certain defined benefit plan participants reduced the company’s pension obligations, new mortality assumptions increased them.

A new report from CEM Benchmarking claims to have settled, at least in part, the active versus passive investing debate for defined benefit pension plan sponsors.

Moody’s estimates pension deficits jumped 8% in 2014.

An Aon Hewitt survey of pension plan sponsors finds almost two in three could take direct action to curb risks and costs in 2015.

Women are pretty competent at managing their finances and saving for retirement, but when it comes to judging their own performance, confidence takes a nosedive.

The National Institute on Retirement Security says three states’ switch from a defined benefit pension to a defined contribution plan exacerbated pension underfunding.

A volatile start to the year on Wall Street fueled higher-than-usual trading activity among defined contribution plan participants in January, according to Aon Hewitt.

Fewer participants changed their defined contribution plan asset allocations in 2014 than in 2013.

The acquisition of New York Life Retirement Plan Services widens John Hancock’s breadth of solutions for retirement plans.

Trust, transparency and time are essential ingredients of the successful OCIO and plan sponsor relationship, says Towers Watson in its annual Global Investment Matters publication.

A new retirement income investment option from Voya Financial and AllianceBernstein seeks to deliver a sustainable lifetime income strategy for participants in large 401(k) plans.

Groom Law Group announced the hiring of Joshua Shapiro.

A hardy banking industry, strong health care services and solid economic performance have kept Switzerland’s retirement system at the top of Natixis’ 2015 Global Retirement Index.