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Notice 2020-65 from the IRS also defines the ‘applicable wages’ per pay period that qualify for the deferral.

Older couples and women, in particular, are often put at a retirement disadvantage when faced with a divorce, a GAO report finds.

The defense has prevailed on technical grounds in a lawsuit that argues plan sponsors should be required to use fresh mortality and interest rate assumptions when converting between...

Retirement Services Group Joins LaSalle St.; DWS appoints client coverage leader; and Innovest selects new VPs for retirement practices.

Experts steeped in the retirement planning industry wonder if the Democratic candidate’s proposed incentives are enough to prompt lower-income workers...

The case against B. Braun Medical contains allegations similar to those in many complaints filed this year.

The economy is always evolving, says Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, and so the nation’s monetary and fiscal strategies for...

Simply Retirement by Principal is designed for companies with fewer than 100 employees.

Vanguard makes changes to money market fund lineup, and S&P Dow Jones Indices announces changes to the DJIA.

Many say they think the pooled employer plans authorized under the SECURE Act will open more doors for small businesses.

The firm has previously settled similar challenges related to market price evaluation services provided to employee stock ownership plans.

Employers can match up to 100% of employees’ contributions.

Although collective investment trusts hold a fraction of the total assets in retirement plans, with ongoing changes in the broader...

The New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry Pension Fund, in its long-running legal attempt to collect withdrawal liability, has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court.

A court ordered Colgate-Palmolive to recalculate benefits paid to certain retirees from its cash balance plan but stayed the relief to allow time for an appeal.

The past two presidential administrations have taken starkly different views on the topic of conflicts of interest in the financial...

The move comes even as an American Consumer Credit Counseling (ACCC) report finds more workers are increasingly confident in their employment stability.

Though they applaud the direction the Department of Labor is taking, expert ERISA attorneys say a new proposed rule does not sufficiently explain how pooled employer plans can...

Fewer advisers expect traditional financial professionals to encroach on their territory, Natixis finds.