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In March 2013, the nation's largest corporate defined benefit pension plans showed a $29 billion increase in funded status.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is granting relief for employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) that have to make amendments to satisfy diversification requirements.

The Stable Value Investment Association (SVIA) released a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding stable value guaranteed insurance accounts. 

Susan Axelrod will become executive vice president of regulatory operations at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

A lawsuit filed against Fidelity (FMR) accuses it of self-dealing at the expense of its own workers’ retirement savings.

The Department of Labor (DOL) says a bankrupt ambulance services company in LaVergne, Tennessee, failed to credit employees’ 401(k) contributions.

Don (Mac) Mackanos has been named executive director at Alliance Benefit Group, the retirement plan provider.

FRA/PlanTools began a blog for plan sponsors and advisers with original content on the fiduciary obligations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

A court ruled an executive’s supplemental retirement plan assets are not protected by his employer’s creditors.

An analysis from the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) shows retirement savings tax incentives benefit a majority of workers. 

Transamerica Retirement Solutions has named Jason Crane, senior vice president, head of sales and Patricia Advaney, senior vice president, chief marketing officer.

Legislation introduced by Congresswoman Maxine Waters would give the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) the authority to impose user fees on investment advisers.

Five years after the financial crisis, Main Street investors remain pessimistic about their finances and don’t feel wealthy enough to require financial advising services.

Cash balance plans are growing in popularity and could overtake 401(k) retirement plans within the next few years, according to research from Sage Advisory Services.

With the decline in defined benefit and retiree health care plan offerings, the younger generations need to take more responsibility for their retirement savings.

MassMutual's Retirement Services Division is launching an addition to its suite of plan health and retirement readiness resources.

Ciara Burnham and William Ryan have been appointed chief executive and chief fiduciary officer, respectively, of fiduciary services provider Evercore Trust Company (ETC).

Without significant changes, the SEC cannot fulfill its mandate for examinations of investment advisers, said Elisse Walter, commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA) released a white paper that examines how to design investment menus for defined contribution (DC) plans.

Most men plan for their own life expectancy without taking into account the likely chance their spouses will outlive them, a retirement specialist cautions.