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October 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Hancock has ultimately been found not to be a fiduciary in a case alleging it charged excessive fees for investments offered in...

October 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Millennials are famous for being highly risk-averse investors, but new research from Hearts & Wallets LLC suggests the youngest investing cohort is ready...

October 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Taking a retirement plan loan can have a big impact on a participant’s retirement income, especially if the participant does not pay the...

October 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – They’re scarce now, but the rise of the account-specific tablet application (app) for retirement plans will come, says Corporate Insight.

October 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers are looking at several strategies to reduce health care benefit costs, but many are sheepish about offering a self-insured health plan to...

October 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Charles Schwab Bank launched a new share class for the passive Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Funds (SIRT Funds), featuring a 0.08% expense ratio...

October 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A report from the Kaiser Family Foundation offers a profile of private exchanges for health care offered to employers.

October 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations relating to the requirements for filing certain employee retirement benefit plan statements, returns, and reports...

October 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced it will settle $1.4 billion in pension obligations through the purchase of a group annuity contract from The Prudential...

September 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Outsized redemptions from PIMCO’s $221.6 billion flagship fund are a concern for retirement plan advisers, sponsors and participants.

September 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Retirement Advantage Inc. (TRA) has introduced a series of plan design solutions aimed at helping employers in various industries boost their employees’...

September 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – LPL Financial LLC is expanding its Worksite Financial Solutions platform to include workshops and webcasts developed and delivered by Financial Finesse’s team of financial...

September 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Workers in Generation Y want advice on budgeting, saving and how to manage student loan debt, says TIAA-CREF, but they aren’t necessarily eager...

September 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study finds many U.S. employers are replacing single, stand-alone investment options with multi-manager, “white-labeled” choices that can be easier for participants...

September 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TIAA-CREF launched the TIAA-CREF Lifecycle 2060 and Lifecycle Index 2060 Funds, as well as the TIAA-CREF Emerging Markets Debt Fund.

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) proposed a regulation that would require electronic filing of “top hat” plan...

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a notice regarding measurement methods for determining whether an employee is a full-time employee under the...

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than 87% of employers surveyed indicated they have taken at least one action to mitigate rising health care costs. 

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement savers are often presented with a simple message on portfolio allocations: rebalance regularly. But one investment provider wants you to...

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Twenty-eight percent of employers surveyed by Towers Watson said they had already extensively evaluated the viability of private exchanges for health care benefits.