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The law greatly incentivized DC plans over DB plans, according to experts at an ERISA at 50 symposium.

TIAA’s request to dismiss lawsuit alleging it used aggressive tactics to move participants from the plan into more costly managed accounts will move ahead.

Norton is leaving Morningstar, where she held a similar position, for the newly created role at the recordkeeper and wealth manager. 

The majority of savers don’t know about Social Security’s solvency issues; though once aware, the vast majority want the government to act, according to a new Peterson Foundation...

Walsh will focus on delivering Goldman Sachs investment solutions, advisory services and more to the largest defined contribution plan sponsors in the industry.

As defined benefit plan sponsors look to de-risk and offload pension liabilities, the selection of annuity providers has come under increased scrutiny in recent lawsuits.

Plan sponsors can consider plan conversions, similar to what IBM has done, hibernation or different investment strategies to reduce risk without transferring it.

The investment reviews will happen as plan sponsors are even less confident than are participants about employees’ ability to retire when they want to, MFS’ DC Plan Sponsor...

As 529 Savings Plans have become increasingly more flexible there has been growth in assets and account balances, but uptake may be hindered by a lack of understanding...

New York Life Group Benefit Solutions promotes two into expanded leadership roles; Ocorian taps Buick as CFO; Mao named nonresident scholar at Georgetown’s retirement center; and more.

The organization representing employment benefit leaders seeks clarity for a number of items in the SECURE 2.0 Act.

Implementing dollar caps alongside other plan automation features may help foster more equity in plan design, new Vanguard research shows.

T. Rowe Price partners with Ascensus to support its 529 business; Pontera and Stifel help 401(k) participants pursue retirement goals; MassMutual offers CAIS alternative investment platform to advisers.

The Department of Labor’s Assistant Secretary Gomez offers tools and information for assisting with the transition to retirement from work in a new blog post.

Retirement plan and benefit disclosures should only be given to participants if they contain actionable information, industry groups say.

Millions of people aged 55 and above have outstanding student loans, significantly impacting how much they are able to save for retirement, analysis from the New School finds.

The retirement plan committee for the engineering firm’s $5.1 billion plan is sued over the fees participants paid after being defaulted into managed accounts.

New J.P. Morgan research finds that participants experience spending surges and volatility at different points of retirement.

The regional plan, based in New Jersey, has more than 4,000 participants in food service.