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Rapid growth in exchange-traded fund assets is causing significant change at asset management firms, including many managers serving retirement plan markets.

Each year, the editors of PLANSPONSOR recognize a number of plan sponsors that demonstrate leadership in providing a more secure retirement for workers.

Participants are increasing their defined contribution plan salary deferral rates faster than ever before, according to a study by Market Strategies International.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has formally outlined his hopes and expectations for federal tax reform, including changes to the nation’s employee benefit and retirement regulations.

Jim Lake, previously national sales manager of individual annuities, has been promoted to national sales manager of Guardian Retirement Solutions.

A study from EBRI shows average HSA account balances have grown over the longer term regardless of how long the account has been open.

The ERISA Advisory Council has made recommendations to support the idea of retirement plan participants keeping their savings in ERISA-covered plans for life.

Departing retirement plan participants may wish to roll over their plan assets to another qualified plan or individual retirement account (IRA) to avoid paying taxes and to continue...

Each year, the editors of PLANSPONSOR recognize a number of plan sponsors that demonstrate leadership in providing a more secure retirement for workers.

The 2014 ERISA Advisory Council made several recommendations to the Department of Labor (DOL) related to outsourcing employee benefit plan services.

A federal appellate court has agreed with the PBGC that a retirement plan amendment adopted after the plan’s termination impermissibly reduced its benefit obligations to participants.

President Obama's retirement tax reform plan would give 30 million additional workers the opportunity to save for retirement through their employers, but would put a limit on lifetime...

Each year, the editors of PLANSPONSOR magazine—the industry’s leading resource for retirement-benefits related news—recognize plan sponsors that demonstrate leadership in providing a more secure retirement for workers.

Annette Guarisco Fildes has been appointed CEO of the ERISA Industry Committee.

For Millennials, foresight is 20/20.

The Timken Company has agreed to purchase a group annuity from Prudential to pay certain retirees’ future pension benefits.

A lawsuit claims VALIC misled West Virginia public school employees to invest retirement savings in investments that did not perform as well as promised.

Capella Healthcare has implemented a new program it believes will make a big difference in employee financial wellness.

Pinnacle Plan Design hired Susan Feit as a consulting actuary in New York.

A quarterly analysis from BlackRock finds the cost of purchasing lifetime income units increased significantly in the last 12 months, putting pressure on pre-retirees planning for life after...