Administration

Jessica Hart, with Northern Trust Asset Management, notes, “Even though the Fed cut rates by 25 bps, the average liability discount rate climbed by 13 bps. This highlights...

Even as lawmakers are scrambling to find a solution to the multiemployer pension crisis, the trustees of the Detroit Carpenters’ Pension Plan recently submitted a Pension Recovery Program...

GE is freezing pension plans and offering a lump-sum window to certain former employees, but John Lowell, with October Three, questions whether a design-based solution would have helped...

While liability growth has declined in the past two decades, asset growth has been even slower.

Unfortunately, there are no do-overs in life, but there are ways to help employees feel confidence about their financial futures going forward.

A new survey from Alight Solutions indicates more employers are expanding distribution options in their DC retirement plans to help employees with draw down strategies in retirement.

An analysis found monitoring DC plan investment menus and making necessary changes results in better performance, and researchers have followed up with four pitfalls to avoid when making...

Struggling with debt and budgeting, Gen Xers are in their prime earning years, they are getting close to retirement and they are taking care of both their children...

Pension plans that have invested in long bonds would have benefited, according to Northern Trust Asset Management, and Legal and General Investment Management America suggests market volatility can...

Educating employees about the power of time on their savings, encouraging them to log into their retirement plan accounts and starting them at a higher deferral rate are...

However, most are offering systematic withdrawals, lifetime education and planning tools, and in-plan managed account services; they are still leery of offering guaranteed income solutions such as annuities.

“As in years past, we’re taking the responsible action of lowering our assumed rate of return now so we can better weather market volatility,” New York State Comptroller...

They are turning to plan advisers for help with making plan design and investment changes.

A research paper warns that changing to a default fund that is preferred by more employees may lead people to be less well-prepared for retirement.

Public employers can choose how much to contribute towards other post-employment benefits (OPEB) costs and choose from two asset allocations.