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With traditional fixed-income investments continuing to provide unattractive returns, consultants to defined benefit retirement plans are looking for opportunities overseas.

The savings deficits that households are simulated to generate in retirement will be greater if Social Security becomes insolvent.

The PBGC and the IRS have issued requests for information to help them with issuing guidance about the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014.

An emphasis on nontraditional wellness initiatives is growing as employers try to cut health-related costs, a survey finds.

Two-thirds of Americans surveyed have seen their long-term life and retirement plans disrupted at some point, TD Ameritrade says in a new report.

The IRS will host webinars discussing the second cycle E determination letter application process and retirement plan loans to participants.

A federal appeals court in Puerto Rico ruled retirement benefits a participant believed were negotiated were not due under the clear terms of the plan document.

In total, U.S. Equity funds saw outflows in January.

Financial services provider OneAmerica added three regional sales staff to support the realignment of its field services and national accounts teams.

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.