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July 19th, 2019

GWU Lawsuit Over Two Retirement Plans Dismissed

A federal court judge ultimately found that a participant in George Washington University’s two retirement plans had previously waived her right to sue for fiduciary breaches under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) in a previous agreement.Read more >

S&P Finds Most Not-for-Profit Hospitals Manage Pensions Well

However, the ratings agency doesn’t expect funded status improvements to continue, and it notes that many not-for-profit hospitals are focusing on de-risking strategies.Read more >
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Some Help for Women’s Retirement Savings Gap May Be Coming

Some legislative proposals, such as the SECURE Act, may address challenges to retirement income adequacy women face, but there are also things retirement plan sponsors can do.Read more >

Strategies to Lower Employer Health Benefit Costs Already Exist

Employers can lower their health benefits spend, as well as costs for employees, by moving away from preferred provider organizations (PPOs), utilizing value-based care and using benefits consultants instead of traditional brokers.Read more >

Investment Product and Service Launches

Fidelity adds lower expense ratio mutual funds, and Vanguard introduces global stock fund.Read more >

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