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Insurance industry veteran Jessica Krpan was hired to the new role to grow the Standard’s retirement offerings in the U.S.

The funding status of corporate pensions in the U.S. was down narrowly in November, as liability growth outweighed investment gains.

Compliance costs for Scope 3 climate disclosures could be high, but they don’t apply to everyone.

More than $500 million of the recoveries returned to defined benefit plan participants.

Retirement contribution rates reached record highs, with combined worker and employer contributions equal to 13.9% of pay in 2021, new data from the Plan Council of America show. 

A schedule to help plan sponsors track important due dates for their plan

If a budget passes, SECURE 2.0 will be attached to that bill. If a budget passes.

National Institute on Retirement Security research finds pension plans alone often don’t provide retirement income adequacy for state and local government employees.

Northwestern Mutual names new CFO; Lockton has a new U.S. chief counsel; HUB keeps expanding with insurance and benefit buys; and more.

The changes to 5500 instructions are made annually.

Morningstar increased its recommended withdrawal rate for retirees from last year and continues to see best outcomes for participants in both bonds and stocks.

Legislation would establish a new program to give eligible workers access to portable, tax-advantaged accounts.

Preqin brings benchmarking to “opaque” alternative assets market; Fortress start new alternative asset investment division; Pimco fund taps private and commercial real estate; and more.

The tool was launched to streamline retirement plan onboarding and to save users time in the process. 

The multiemployer plan will receive $35.8 billion in assistance, making it the largest bailout under the Special Financial Assistance program administered by the PBGC.

The attorney for the plaintiffs says they will likely amend their lawsuits and re-submit after dismissal in U.S. District Court.

Although women live longer than men, many retire earlier than planned and few can save enough reach the income replacement levels as men in retirement.

Robinhood Retirement is now offering an IRA with a 1% company match from the stock-trading platform.

The RILA Act would require customized forms for RILA registration, intended to ease the process of marketing the annuity products. 

The new SSA.gov website seeks to help people access and consider this key source of retirement income.