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Beyond the Daily Market Moves, Opportunity Awaits
Significant volatility will persist for the foreseeable future, experts agree, but the long-term return opportunity in the stock and bond markets remains strong.
PBGC and DOL Make Guidance Document Databases Available
An executive order requires each agency to establish on its website a single, searchable indexed database that contains, or links to, all the agency’s guidance documents and provides...
401(k) Trading Spiked at End of February
As the markets tanked amid fears of a worldwide coronavirus outbreak, the last week of the month was among the busiest stretches in the 20 year-plus history of...
Evonik Chemical Corp. Faces ERISA Excessive Fee Challenge
Retirement plan fiduciaries at the specialty chemical company are accused of failing to take advantage of the lowest cost share class for many of the mutual funds offered...
When Target-Risk Makes More Sense Than Target-Date
The reason why target-risk funds gave way to target-date funds is the perceived simplicity of just using one’s retirement date to set the portfolio's investment risk tolerance—but this...
Finding Real Financial Wellness in the Workplace
Financial wellness programs are most effective when the different points of focus are carefully coordinated—and when employees see that their employers genuinely care about their financial wellbeing.
Vestwell Enhances Retirement Plan Platform
The enhanced platform enables advisers, payroll companies and enterprise partners to focus on their core competencies.
Plan Size, Average Account Balance Are Drivers of Plan Fees
Small 401(k) plans have larger costs than large 401(k) plans, but even plans with the same total assets can have different costs, an analysis from the 401k Averages...
John Hancock Latest to Face DC Plan ERISA Self-Dealing Lawsuit
The self-dealing lawsuit suggests the firm failed to monitor or control the plan’s administrative expenses, allegedly costing the plan millions of dollars in excessive administrative fees.
Can ‘White Glove’ Brokers Steal Fidelity’s Lunch?
High-end brokerage firms are seeing the appeal of being able to serve the middle and mass affluent markets, thanks in large part to the success of Fidelity and...
Retirement Industry People Moves
Former Pentegra SVP launches expert firm focused on group retirement plans; Barber rejoins Franklin Templeton to head municipal bond team; Schwab to acquired fixed income separate accounts manager;...
The Obligation to Save Social Security
With the recent passage of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, advisers and other retirement plan service providers have an opportunity to build on...
Parties Agree to $12M Settlement in Oracle ERISA Lawsuit
The proposed settlement agreement includes non-monetary provisions restricting the 401(k) plan’s recordkeeper from cross-selling retail financial products and services to participants
Questions Left Unanswered in Supreme Court’s Intel Ruling
ERISA attorneys are grappling with the potential implications of the Supreme Court’s new ruling in Intel vs. Sulyma; some are speculating the growing use of electronic delivery methods...