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Abandoned 401(k) accounts don’t do anyone any good, and they just may be hitting critical mass, according to the Retirement Clearinghouse.

You’ll be eating local, gluten-free, vegetarian and environmentally in the months ahead, according to the National Restaurant Association.

Work will be a part of Baby Boomers’ lives even into the retirement years, a survey finds.

More Americans realize they aren’t on track to meet retirement income needs, according to Northwestern Mutual, but the country as a whole is struggling to address longevity risk.

Matrix Financial Solutions selected Risk Compliance Performance Solutions (RCP) to provide uncashed check mitigation services to its qualified retirement plan clients.

MassMutual Retirement Services appointed Steven Mendelsohn as national practice leader for the firm’s defined benefit actuarial consulting practice.

The attractiveness of pension annuitization, as tracked by Dietrich & Associates’ Pension Risk Transfer Index, is relatively unchanged from March.

Data about organizations' searches for investment managers reflects a shift toward non-traditional asset mandates.

Retirement planning software provider Trust Builders, Inc. is partnering with employee benefits and compliance expert Kristi Cook on the next release of The Retirement Analysis Kit (TRAK) system.

In 2010, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) launched a large compliance project, the 401(k) Questionnaire.

Technology can replicate the value of a good assistant.

When a participant terminates employment is not the only time defined contribution (DC) retirement plan account balances may be forfeited, and there are several ways to deal with...

Plan sponsors in hospitality and leisure businesses may face the biggest challenges in retirement plan participation, according to the ADP Research Institute.

Consulting firm Mercer appointed Scott Jarboe as the next leader of retirement-related consulting services in the firm’s Baltimore and Washington, D.C., markets.

Employee benefits and financial services consulting firm Mercer added four new hires to its senior defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) consulting teams.

New analysis from Fidelity Investments shows the average balance of its client’s 401(k) accounts reached $88,600 during the first quarter of 2014, boosted by automatic plan features and...

For the past 30 years, investors, including retirement plan sponsors and participants, have found comfort in fixed-income investments.

Aspire Financial Services released the TPA Playbook for Success, a proprietary education and communication tool designed to drive competitive advantage for the firm’s third-party administrator (TPA) partners.

Roth 401(k) plan features are gaining in popularity, Aon Hewitt research finds.

Robert Sajdak joined the Reliance Trust Company of Delaware (RTC Delaware) as national sales manager.