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Retirement plan sponsors surveyed repeatedly expressed frustration with regulatory complexity and concern about greater worker mobility.

Edison International has petitioned the U.S. Supreme court to drop its review of Tibble vs. Edison International, a closely watched retirement plan fee litigation case involving the company’s...

Global consulting firm Mercer announced the appointment of Christine Mahoney and Scott Jarboe to serve in South market leadership roles.

A strong majority of companies with 401(k) plans have adopted automatic enrollment and other steps to ensure workers receive the full employer matching contribution, according to Aon Hewitt.

The SEC has charged Standard & Poor’s with fraudulent ratings conduct related to ratings of mortgage-backed securities.

Plan sponsors should consider the steps that go into a prudent process for selecting a provider if they want to include a lifetime income solution in their plans. 

A majority of Americans surveyed admit that saving for retirement is not their top priority.

Nearly nine in 10 households would oppose action by the government taking away the tax advantages of DC retirement accounts.

Leaders of the Insured Retirement Institute expect “swift and significant legislative reaction” if the Department of Labor’s fiduciary redefinition proposal closely resembles a preliminary version filed in 2010.

The U.S. Labor Department filed a complaint against a Rochester, New York, investment adviser and plan administrator to recover losses suffered as result of alleged fiduciary breaches.

New research from ADP finds half of employers with 1,000 or more workers don't feel prepared to comply with all Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act regulations.

DC participant transfers favored equities in December.

The DOL has issued guidance about new DB plan funding notice requirements of the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014.

A PIMCO Total Return Fund investor lawsuit calls into question compensation paid to former co-chief investment officers and co-chief executive officers Mohamed El-Erian and Bill Gross.

The surviving spouse of a fully vested participant in a FedEx pension plan claims she is being unlawfully denied a survivor annuity benefit owed to her by the...

A committee tasked with considering a state-established retirement plan for private-sector employees has issued its recommendation report.

Equities captured the majority of fund inflows in 2014.

Nine investment and recordkeeping providers will be recognized for their achievement at the annual Awards for Excellence dinner to be held March 31.

Alfred R. Villalobos, accused of bribing CalPERS officials to benefit investment firms, was set to go to trial February 23.

A survey finds the majority of DC plan sponsors that offer company stock as an investment option have no plans to make changes to the offer, despite a...