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A 16% increase in 2014 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums pushed Mercer’s Pension Buyout Index into positive territory, meaning it could be cheaper for many employers to...

Approval for an auto-enrolled retirement plan at the federal level is near unanimous, but there may still be some bumps to iron out.

Proposed legislation from Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) would expand access to privately run, portable retirement plans for all workers.

A new program from TD Ameritrade offers registered investment advisers (RIAs) a turnkey solution for simplified development and management of qualified defined contribution retirement plans.

In this new age of fee disclosure, it may be surprising to some that more than one-quarter (26.6%) of respondents to PLANSPONSOR’s 2013 Defined Contribution (DC) Survey do...

President Obama raised both hopes and eyebrows when he introduced new proposals for combating America’s retirement crisis during his fifth State of the Union address.

A strong majority of working parents already saving for their kids’ college expenses rank future education costs among the top reasons to save in 2014.

How you look most affects your life prospects, and looks can most definitely spell success, according to a report by the Council on Contemporary Families.

ING U.S. Inc., soon to be rebranded as Voya Financial Inc., named Stephen Keating as head of large corporate market sales for its retirement solutions business.

Plan participants are seeking a financially secure retirement, with more than one-third (34%) seeing the generation of guaranteed monthly income as the main goal of their retirement plan.

Americans tend to view defined contribution (DC) retirement accounts favorably, and they like the way DC contributions and withdrawals are taxed, research shows.

You’ve heard of financial capital, but do you know about relationship capital?

In an effort to decrease pension risk exposure and insulate their plans from fluctuating economic conditions, more defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors are realigning plan assets to better...

Results from PLANSPONSOR’s 2013 DC Survey show retirement plan sponsors turn to advisers more for help with investments than for individual participant guidance.

OneAmerica has launched Index(b), an indexed investing option designed for nonprofit organizations.

Secretary of Labor, Thomas E. Perez, has filed a federal court brief disputing a district court’s dismissal of John Hancock’s liability in an excessive fee case.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) proposed amendments to its multiemployer regulations to make the provision of information to PBGC officials and plan participants less burdensome.

Very few advisers have a succession plan, and it’s possible that regulation is needed to protect their clients and investors, a report says.

Markus Krygier joined Strategic Investment Group as a managing director.

Financial advisers who propose alternative investments to their clients can expect increased, ongoing scrutiny from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).