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For employers seeking to limit health care costs, raising plan deductibles could be the path of least resistance, according to an EBRI issue brief.

The total funding shortfall for more than 1,200 plans balloons by $85 billion in six months.

The emergency savings account is an easy way for individuals to build a liquid asset for unplanned expenses.

Nuveen hires new head of responsible investing strategy, Solutions; Macquarie Expands its Transition Management Franchise; Calvert Institutional Solutions Group Names New Managing Director; and more.

Higher stock prices were partially offset by a drop in discount rates.

FTSE Russell’s index series exclude issuers based on their conduct or product involvement in specific sectors.

A judge has rejected the defendants’ arguments that the same reasoning applied by two circuit courts in other cases should be applied to their case.

Milliman and Turquoise Health seek to automate health care price data to reduce administrative and contracting burdens for individuals, employers and health care providers.

Vanguard projects lower 10-year equity market returns that will affect participants’ retirement savings, and recommends a participant default rate to reach sufficient retirement income replacement rates.   

Don’t call it a comeback: Plan sponsors could thaw frozen defined benefit plans to return them as a retirement benefit for workers.   

Stable value funds topped inflows, while most outflows were from target-date funds, according to Alight Solutions data.

The agency has so far approved $7.4 billion under the Special Financial Assistance Program to pension funds covering more than 149,000 participants.

August 4 letter to CEO Larry Fink seeks ‘clarification on actions that appear to have been motivated by interests other than maximizing financial return.’

The free event will increase awareness about the fiduciary responsibilities of operating a retirement plan.

Funded ratio for the 100 largest U.S. public funds fell to 74.0%

Millennials lead Generation X and Baby Boomers in believing that they won’t receive any benefits from Social Security upon retirement. 

Online savings tools are gaining popularity with retirement plan participants as journey-based website designs and AI-enabled chatbots gain wider acceptance.

Governor moves to bar the State Board of Administration from adopting ESG-investing tenets.

Empower bolsters its brand with legacy name alignment; Pentegra combines with new Pinnacle Consulting Group; Strategic Investment Group adds to client portfolio management team; and more.

The IRS is extending deadlines for amending plans for certain provisions of the SECURE Act and other legislation.