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About one in three Americans have less than $5,000 in retirement savings, and one in five have no individual private retirement savings at all, according to a new...

“Non-qualified deferred compensation plans will always be tax advantageous and a useful benefit,” Bruce J. McNeil, partner with The Wagner Law Group, told Plan Sponsor Council of America...

David Levine, principal at Groom Law Group, said there is a real chance of a big impact on the retirement plan agenda if Republicans take losses in the...

A broad new Investment Company Institute analysis shows the expense ratios of target-date mutual funds have fallen 34% since 2008, alongside the expense ratios of most other types...

When assessing a program, they first look at cost, and then ease of implementation and expertise, Prudential found.

A plan auditor speaking at the Plan Sponsor Council of America (PSCA) 71st Annual National Conference suggested internal controls plan sponsors should have in place for eligibility, compensation,...

External Wholesaler Joins BPAS; Past Trader Joins PanAgora as Head of Trading and Implementation; American College of Financial Services President Resigns; and more.

Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting and Lowe’s are being sued by the participants of the Lowe’s 401(k) retirement plan; the proposed class of plaintiffs puts forward a variety of...

Retirement plan administration platform the LightPoint Kingdom(k) retirement plan aims at Christian business owners.

Following up on a broad discussion of market volatility, John Diehl, SVP of strategic markets for Hartford Funds, encourages advisers to consider new means to separate their service...

Individuals who have an adviser are more likely to be on track to create adequate retirement income—by a wide margin, a study by Empower found.

Russell Investments Discusses New ESG Finding; Merrill Lynch Brand Designs ESG Portfolios; and EDHEC-Risk Institute Examines Retirement Products and TDFs. 

PLANADVISER presents an impromptu Q&A with John Diehl, senior vice president of strategic markets for Hartford Funds, on the subject of market volatility and keeping a long-term perspective...

Brodie Wood, SVP of healthcare, education and not-for-profit markets at Transamerica Retirement Solutions, discussed the efficiencies and benefits a closed MEP can offer not-for-profit 403(b) plans.

This leaves the SEC’s revised conflict of interest standards for brokers and advisers as the leading alternative.

Backing away from the topic of the DOL fiduciary rule, ERISA attorney Fred Reish focused his speech at the Plan Sponsor Council of America’s national conference on general...

The news comes as a large number of ERISA lawsuits are playing out in the district and appellate courts across the U.S., testing whether 403(b) plan sponsors of...

The guide includes information on rollovers, loans, hardship withdrawals and much more.

Favorable equity market and interest rate forces resulted in a 2% increase in the average U.S. pension plan funded status during April.