Administration

Experts lay out what retirement plan sponsors should ask to find the adviser best suited to their plan.

Plan sponsors from across the U.S. shared their biggest challenges and successes during the opening session of the 2019 PLANSPONSOR National Conference in Washington, D.C.

Fidelity’s head of workplace investing expects the recordkeeping business will grow ever more competitive over time, leading to additional consolidation and, he says, more unified services for plan...

The law changed the rules for 401(k) loans and hardship withdrawals, making it easier to draw money directly as a hardship without first getting involved in the loan...

The Society of Actuaries (SOA) proposed mortality tables include mortality data from both single-employer and multiemployer defined benefit (DB) plans.

A study shows Americans at least 45 years old who have not yet retired are struggling financially and falling behind in retirement savings, but defined contribution (DC) plan...

Data from LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute shows a 240% increase in pension risk transfer activity in the first quarter of 2019 relative to the same period in 2018.

A pension risk transfer (PRT) to terminate a defined benefit (DB) plan reflects heavily on a plan sponsor’s balance sheet, which may stop in its tracks a decision...

A new research report and Catherine Collinson, with Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, lay out steps all three can take to improve retirement confidence and readiness in America.

A plan advisory explains Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) rules for record retention and offers best practices for that and protecting personal information.

The University of Pittsburgh has found stories from peers resonate well with every employee group.

With most companies that track defined benefit (DB) plan funded status showing an improvement in April and for the year, some suggest plan sponsors consider whether it’s time...

Asked what they plan to look for in asset management searches in the next 12 months, the majority of mid-sized defined benefit (DB) plan CIOs said better risk-adjusted...

Mike Sasso, with Portfolio Evaluations, and a professor at Boston University, explained a new way of thinking to get plan sponsors to focus on retirement income for participants.

Simplifying a defined contribution (DC) plan’s investment menu could encourage more employees to participate in the plan, sources say.

An analysis from the Society of Actuaries suggests the majority of defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors are making sufficient contributions to help reduce unfunded liabilities.

Pension plan sponsors have taken various actions to reduce their PBGC premiums in the last year, resulting in a decline in premiums paid in 2018 of $1.2 billion.

The firm has transferred $750 million in pension obligations to American General Life Insurance Company, part of AIG’s life and retirement business.