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A new academic research paper reexamines how pension costs were related to defaults and bankruptcies at high-profile U.S. corporations in the airline, automotive and steel manufacturing industries.

A lawsuit claims retirement plan provider and asset manager Aegon USA caused superfluous fees to be charged to its own retirement plan.

All plan types had a median return of 1.70% in Q4 2014.

Home-country bias in equity holdings has declined among pension plans globally.

Greenspring Wealth Management has launched the Target Date (k)larity evaluation tool, aimed at supporting the fiduciary needs of retirement plan sponsors and participants.

Nine account representatives from the retirement plan provider community selected as Service Stars.

Dave Ramsey’s SmartDollar takes a holistic approach to retirement education, focusing on behavior and teaching people the basics: budgeting, saving for an emergency and getting out of debt. 

The largest pension of grocery chain Safeway received $212 million in contributions.

Employer offerings of high deductible health plans surpassed health maintenance organizations in 2014.

The Center for American Progress contends millions of Americans are in danger of not having enough money to maintain their standard of living in retirement, and the problem...

Starting this year, employers of 50 or more full-time employees will have to meet significant new reporting requirements for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). 

The London Stock Exchange Group says it intends to sell the investment management portion of Russell Investments, while keeping Russell’s lucrative indexing business.

A case heard in federal appeals court this week asks whether increasingly common pension risk transfer moves by large corporate plan sponsors are putting retirees at increased risk.

The PBGC will assume responsibility for retirement benefits for Hovensa employees.

The boutique investment advisory and consulting firm has launched its ERISA 3(21) and 3(38) investment fiduciary services in response to strong demand.

The funded status of pension plans of S&P 1500 companies fell 5% in January.

An employer’s retirement plan documents did not incorporate beneficiary designation forms in its language or appendices, so the forms did not govern the award of benefits, a court...

“Employers are still in the information-gathering phase, learning about private exchanges,” says Tiffany Wirth, executive director of the Healthcare Trends Institute.

Managing costs and maintaining employee productivity are top goals for companies, a Wells Fargo survey finds.

The IRS revealed Form 5500 errors it found during various compliance projects, which could cause a plan to be selected for a compliance check.