Benefits | October 13th, 2023 Whole Foods Plans Benefit to Plug Workers’ Saving Gaps The company announced this week it will offer emergency savings accounts in 2024.
Benefits | October 13th, 2023 Workers’ Emergency Savings Shortage Showing in Shaky Retirement Security Fidelity Investments has revealed several best practices for employers to incorporate, bolstering access to emergency savings options and to limit...
Data and Research | October 11th, 2023 Youngest Workers Feel They Face Most Retirement Obstacles Workers from Generation Z say the cohort experiences higher financial stress than other generations, affecting their job performance, according to...
Data and Research | October 10th, 2023 Women Making Retirement Savings Progress, Fidelity Finds A higher percentage of women are saving for retirement than four years ago, and women are staying the course when...
Deals and People | October 6th, 2023 Retirement Industry People Moves Haase joins small business retirement plan provider; Vestwell hires Farmakis; PGIM appoints Carlino to newly created role; and more
Compliance | October 6th, 2023 Colgate-Palmolive Files Summary Judgment Motion for $750,00 Retirement Breach Lawsuit Attorneys for the Colgate-Palmolive Employee Relations Committee seek to end the plan sponsor’s involvement in a lawsuit alleging fraudsters stole...
Data and Research | October 5th, 2023 DCIO Firms Increase CIT Distribution to Sponsors of Smaller Plans Demand for collective investment trusts is growing across retirement plan market segments, according to a survey of defined contribution investment-only...
Benefits | October 3rd, 2023 Inflation Did Not Curb Participants’ Retirement Savings in First Half of 2023 Despite consistent contributions, participants taking loans or hardship withdrawals are half as likely to use auto-increase plan feature, T. Rowe...
Products | October 2nd, 2023 Guideline Launches Starter 401(k) Plan The plan provider aims to gain greater market share of retirement 401(k) plans and has debuted a starter product for...
Compliance | October 2nd, 2023 Dueling Motions Filed in American Airlines ESG Lawsuit Both parties brought motions as a former pilot asserts that fiduciaries for American Airlines’ defined contribution plans breached their duty...
Data and Research | September 29th, 2023 DC Capital Invested in Private Real Estate Is Growing Defined contribution capital invested in private real estate and the number of daily valued products available has increased, new data...
Benefits | September 27th, 2023 Senate Committee Passes Bill Permitting Marijuana Industry Employers to Sponsor Retirement Plans The SAFER Banking Act would permit marijuana firms to access banking and financial services, including retirement plans.
Data and Research | September 26th, 2023 Defined Contribution Plans Climb for 4th Straight Quarter U.S. retirement plan assets increased at a rate of 12% to $10.2 trillion, according to ICI, even as separate Escalent...
Benefits | September 22nd, 2023 Workers’ Retirement Savings Are Boosted By Access to Savings Tools BlackRock and Human Interest found that the lack of access to a retirement plan is a ‘crucial’ factor to preventing...
Deals and People | September 22nd, 2023 Retirement Industry People Moves Toland leaves TIAA to start annuity consultancy; Bryn Mawr Trust selects director of private wealth management; and First Eagle Investments...
Deals and People | September 18th, 2023 Voya Keeps Building Government Markets Team With Rehire A former strategic relationship manager at Voya has rejoined the New York City asset manager and recordkeeper.
Data and Research | September 14th, 2023 The Impact of Spending Spikes on Retirement Readiness Report reveals that higher credit card debt is associated with lower 401(k) contributions and account balances.
Deals and People | September 5th, 2023 Principal, Mercer Hire New CIOs Principal Asset Management appointed a CIO and global head of equities and Mercer named a leader for its US outsourced...
Deals and People | August 25th, 2023 Retirement Industry People Moves Turning Technology hires former head of iShares; Principal selects Dessouki as chief marketing officer; and Puerto joins J.P. Morgan Private...
Benefits | August 24th, 2023 Delta’s Emergency Savings Program Shows Retirement Security Dividends Airline employees enrolled in an emergency savings program have also increased their 401(k) contributions.