Search results for: the blank effect

Financial research and benchmarking provider CEM Benchmarking says its most recent report contains enough data to prove active investing is worthwhile for pension funds, if executed efficiently and...

A hardy banking industry, strong health care services and solid economic performance have kept Switzerland’s retirement system at the top of Natixis’ 2015 Global Retirement Index.

A lawsuit claims retirement plan provider and asset manager Aegon USA caused superfluous fees to be charged to its own retirement plan.

The Center for American Progress contends millions of Americans are in danger of not having enough money to maintain their standard of living in retirement, and the problem...

President Obama’s proposed budget once again looks to cap retirement plan savings to about $3 million per investor.

With plans for a new exchange-traded fund platform branded under New York Life’s MainStay Investments business, one investment solutions provider says it’s time to double down on ETF...

The IRS has suggested a list of helpful internal controls for retirement plan sponsors.

A recent $140 million fiduciary breach settlement involving Nationwide Financial should be a call to action for retirement specialist advisers, says David Witz of Fiduciary Risk Assessment LLC.

The 2014 ERISA Advisory Council made several recommendations to the Department of Labor (DOL) related to outsourcing employee benefit plan services.

A federal appellate court has agreed with the PBGC that a retirement plan amendment adopted after the plan’s termination impermissibly reduced its benefit obligations to participants.

Retirement plan sponsors surveyed repeatedly expressed frustration with regulatory complexity and concern about greater worker mobility.

About one in 10 plan sponsors replaced their target-date fund/balanced fund manager in 2014.

A pension plan that has changed actuarial services firms can have a change in funding method automatically approved.

The dollar amount secured by the DOL’s Employee Benefit Security Administration dropped substantially in 2014 compared with the previous year, despite a higher number of cases closed and...

An SEC filing reveals that RadioShack is facing several lawsuits over the company stock investment offering...

A bill establishing the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program has been signed into law.

A new paper from TIAA-CREF outlines a process for evaluating the reasonableness of retirement plan fees.

Baby Boomers have good retirement savings habits, but accumulated savings may not be adequate.