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October 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two senior U.S. senators are petitioning the government agencies that oversee qualified retirement plans to more actively protect pension plan participants’ rights during...

October 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new partnership between Western Union Business Solutions and CPAS helps make seamless pension fund payments for U.S. retirees living abroad. 

October 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employees and retirees of Daughters of Charity Health System filed a class action lawsuit alleging that Daughters evaded federal pension law requirements by...

October 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Obama has appointed Donald J. Butt to serve as a member of the Advisory Committee of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

October 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Drew Miyawaki and Aodhagan Byrne, both members of the U.K. operations of Legal & General Investment Management America Inc. (LGIMA), have joined the...

October 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement savings for older workers racked up impressive investment gains in the past 12 months, but the price of securing lifetime retirement income...

October 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There are several Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions that employers need to act on now.

October 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer health care costs remained stable for 2014, but the number of employers delaying renewal to delay the effects of health care reform...

October 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced cost of living adjustments affecting dollar limitations for retirement plans, as well as other retirement-related items for...

October 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Saving for retirement and health care expenses was a priority for employees of all ages during the first half of 2014, a new...

October 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One-third of middle class investors are just not saving for retirement, a study finds.

October 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In 2013, 19.7% of employees indicated they were on track to meet their income-replacement goal in retirement, up from 17.4% in 2012 and...

October 22, 2014 (PLANPSONSOR.com) - The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) has asked the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to reject staff appeals to investigate and...

October 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced a 1.7% benefit increase for 2015.

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – National Save for Retirement Week is an opportunity for retirement plan sponsors to get plan participants to focus on retirement savings issues.

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees can take small steps to boost their retirement savings, says ICMA-RC, a nonprofit independent financial services provider of retirement plans.

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If one of your retirement plan participants wanted to establish a drawdown strategy for retirement income, could she assemble an appropriate strategy using...

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The combined challenges of saving for retirement, paying for health care and keeping financial information safe online have many Americans worried, according to...

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Higher education institutions that offer a 403(b) or Roth 403(b) plan are adopting practices that lead to a greater focus on participants’ retirement...

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MassMutual’s retirement services group has added several members to its Taft-Hartley retirement plan client service team.