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When individuals plan ahead for long-term care, they can better secure their own future while reducing financial burdens on their friends and family.

Twenty-one percent of workers expect that working in retirement will provide them with a major source of income, but this is only true for 9% of retirees.

As part of the PRT agreement, Prudential will assume the responsibility for paying pension benefits to about 23,000 International Paper retirees.

According to the court, the consolidated complaint “pleads no facts sufficient to raise a plausible inference that defendants took any of the actions alleged for the purpose of...

When it comes to trusting a financial services firm, consumers first want it to secure their personal information; secondly, they expect it to deliver high-quality customer service.

Sponsors expect their advisers to be proactive and to push their plans to the next level.

Obtaining data on participants from retirement readiness tools, recordkeepers and aggregation tools is important in order to tailor effective communications.

In announcing a new digital process for self-disclosures and corrections of plan errors, the IRS also says it is currently developing guidance on “other issues relating to the...

How retirement plan advisers need to function as business owners in order to grow their practices.

Significant transformation is happening in the small business retirement plan market; what does this mean for the fiduciary adviser community?

In order to remain relevant, speakers said, the retirement plan industry must become more diverse.

Willis Towers Watson believes that sponsors must analyze the retirement adequacy and meaningful benchmarks for individuals or segments of the population.

At the heart of the complaint were guaranteed investment contracts, a type of group annuity contract sold to retirement plans, issued by Principal to ERISA-covered retirement plan participants.

PCS Announces Series of Promotions and Hires; CUNA Mutual Grows Sales Force with Addition of Regional VP; USI Selects Retirement Services VP; and more.

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services is offering a guarantee to reimburse eligible participants for unauthorized transfers from their 401(k) retirement accounts.

Mostly party-line House action this week included passage of the Family Savings Act, which features key provisions drawn directly from the popular Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act.

They are worried about longevity risk.

Their use of an adviser acting as a plan fiduciary has increased by 40% in the past four years, according to the Plan Sponsor Council of America.

A Charles Schwab SDBA report says the group allocated to ETFs and saved cash at a higher rate than other generations.

The amendment is a fiduciary rule safe harbor for the selection of a lifetime income provider for retirement plans.