Administration

Vanguard researchers highlight several positive trends, including the growing adoption of automatic enrollment, target-date funds (TDFs), employer contributions, Roth options, and loan flexibility.

The company will be purchasing a group annuity contract from Prudential.

American General Life Insurance Company and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company have agreed to take on $1 billion of Accenture’s pension obligations.

An analysis covering the years 2006 through 2014 shows most of the 160 plans studied received insufficient employer contributions to maintain their unfunded liabilities.

By using some best practices, plan sponsors have moved the needle toward more plan participants taking action to reach an 80% income replacement goal, Wells Fargo data shows.

A session at the PLANSPONSOR National Conference presented BrightScope data relevant to anticipated developments in the retirement industry.

The final session at the PLANSPONSOR National Conference explored how one company’s innovative plan design extends prospects for retirement readiness to all of its full-timers, regardless of income...

Panelists discuss education and advice, and walking the line between the two.

Experts say the subject of financial wellness has been constantly evolving and becoming more sophisticated.

In many states there are legislative limits to what municipalities can do to get relief for their troubled pensions, but David Godofsky, with Alston & Bird, describes some...

There are key actions every plan sponsor and benefits committee can take to promote outstanding performance from their financial advisers—and by extension outstanding benefits performance.

The differences depend on what DB plans are tracked or how DB funded status is tracked.

Experts addressing the PLANSPONSOR National Conference urged attendees not to fear aggressive re-enrollments from a fiduciary or workload perspective.

Enhanced active choice (EAC) is an effective communication tool that can be used to increase trust in the plan sponsor and improve DC plan enrollment and participation rates.

Forty-one percent say that helping retirees manage income from their 401(k) is a major strategic goal.

According to Corporate Insight, plans can see as much as a 50% increase in communication with Millennials by using social media versus relying on call centers and in-person...

In addition to a heightened level of retirement readiness, Northwestern Mutual suggests Americans who work with advisers tend to feel more financially confident overall.

Doom and gloom headlines are not the whole story about multiemployer plans.

Plan sponsors can help participants make sure they have a plan in place to retire on time, and also to help them visualize what that life may look...

In light of surging health care costs, an HSA can serve as an important component to a holistic retirement-planning strategy.