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Independent retirement firm, SageView Advisory Group has hired Geoff Rhines and David Anderson to its Southeast division.

Target-date funds are expected to capture almost 90% of 401(k) contributions by 2019.

With markets less volatile than in October, 401(k) participants slowed transfer activity in November.

Lower investable assets and higher health care costs are delaying retirement for the 94% of working middle-income Baby Boomers with plans to retire one day.

RiskFirst’s Web-based platform, PFaroe, has been integrated with Northern Trust’s global operating platform.

Few employers plan to eliminate or make major changes in their health care benefits in the near future.

EBRI finds the percentage of all families with an individual account retirement plan, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA, has decreased.

Retirement plan consulting firm Multnomah Group has hired a new investment consultant for its Portland, Oregon, office.

The majority of Wisconsin retirement plan participants still do not understand the fees they pay in a workplace-based retirement plan, according to a recent survey. 

The Cumulative List will primarily be used by single employer individually designed defined contribution plans and single employer individually designed defined benefit plans that are in Cycle E.

Employers sponsoring 401(k) plans use a range of employer match formulas and offer a variety of investment choices with lower fees.

A court determined the fake Professional Industrial Trade Workers Union was a front for a scheme to operate a purported, union-sponsored employee benefit plan.

The Boston Company Asset Management unveiled two new strategies for institutional investors in the areas of energy infrastructure and event-driven absolute return.

Society of Actuaries mortality tables are not required to be used by defined benefit plans, and there may be something better.

The Department of Labor wants to request new industry input and create focus groups about the effectiveness of retirement plan service provider fee disclosure requirements.

Nationwide has hired two wholesalers and expanded its 401(k) sales team into new territory.

A lawsuit has been filed that some say is the first to cite the Supreme Court case about whether retirement plan fiduciaries have a presumption of prudence for...

Experts from Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP had no shortage of topics to cover in a recent discussion about potential regulatory and legislative actions related to employer-sponsored retirement...

A typical DB plan provides equivalent retirement benefits at about half the cost of a DC plan, the NIRS says.

Changes ahead for public defined benefit plans may call for new investing and funding strategies.