Fidelity Investments has been chosen by AT&T as its sole retirement provider, Fidelity announced.

The Internal Revenue Service issued proposed and final regulations concerning hybrid retirement plans.

Regulatory changes and the recent economic downturn have led to changes in retirement plans sponsored by health care employers.

Assets in defined contribution plans will see double digit growth from 2011 to 2015, according to Financial Research Corporation's (FRC's) FRC Monitor — Strategic Planning issue.

Some 72% of employers in a recent poll have adopted auto plan features, with 51% using auto enrollment and 71% deferring participants into a target-date fund.

The 34% global market rebound of 2009, while a welcome respite, only slightly improved the funding status of S&P 500 pension plans, according to a recent analysis. 

The House of Representatives has, by a margin of 417-to-1, passed a bill containing pension relief. 

Clarity in Numbers, LLC (Clarity) today announced its addition of a new practice leader to consult with closely held businesses.

Governments would have to report as a liability on their accrual-based financial statements the unfunded portion of their pension plan under a new proposal.

Alliant Energy Corp. improperly used a 30-year Treasury rate for whipsaw calculations for lump-sum distributions from its cash balance plan to employees younger than the retirement age, a...

A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that AT&T did not violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)...

The Tulare County Employees Retirement Association (TCERA) in California is accepting proposals from firms to provide investment consulting, monitoring, and advice services for the $924-million defined benefit public...

The number of large U.S. companies that are replacing defined benefit (DB) programs with account-based retirement plans for new salaried employees continues to be on the upswing.

Anthony A. James has been convicted of seven counts of mail fraud, six counts of wire fraud, and one count of embezzlement from an employee benefit plan.

Following the deadline for responses to the Department of Labor and Treasury Department’s request for information about lifetime income options in retirement plans, the Government Accountability Office (GAO)...

Markov Processes International (MPI), which specializes in providing technology in the institutional and high-net-worth space, is now making available a Web-based manager research and reporting tool for all...

Even as retirement savings accounts are back on a growth curve, retirement plan participants are more interested in receiving advice about investing their retirement funds, a new report...

A majority of employers that made changes to their retirement plans in response to the economic downturn expect to keep those changes in 2010, according to a new...

The value and number of securities class-action settlements increased in 2009 from 2008, according to "Securities Class Action Settlements: 2009 Review and Analysis," an annual report by Cornerstone...