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Even the best laid plans can go off track, and this is true for defined benefit plan portfolios.

Defined benefit plan sponsors have a window of opportunity to take action on pension risk.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has issued a final rule implementing changes to premium due dates and calculations.

In a stronger position, new choices are being made in the management of pensions in Russell Investments’ $20 billion club.

Mercer introduced a multi-country third-party insurer buyout pricing study.

A federal appeals court has found a retirement plan participant need not show “harm” to pursue a remedy of plan reformation for failing to disclose information.

Automatic retirement plan features are gaining traction as a best practice way to help participants achieve retirement readiness, but one provider is taking them a step further.

Schwab Retirement Plan Services, Inc. has launched a full-service 401(k) program based on low-cost exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

For the third time in its history, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is using its authority to partition an insolvent employer’s participants from a multiemployer plan to...

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The retirement industry is anticipating a fiduciary re-definition and rules about lifetime income illustrations for plan participants, but there is much more in the pipeline.

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A federal appeals court ruled certain benefit enhancements adopted within a pension plan are protected accrued benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released the cost-of-living adjustments for 2014, which affect dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement-related items.

A study indicates employers may be offsetting their matching contributions to manage cost increases from automatic enrollment into defined contribution (DC) retirement plans.

Relaxing rules and increasing coverage for part-time workers would improve retirement savings for employees of small employers, hearing witnesses told a House committee.

A report from the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Labor (DOL) shows concern about the use of alternative investments in retirement plans.

In March, the Department of Labor (DOL) prepared general guidance to assist plan fiduciaries in selecting and monitoring target-date funds (TDFs).

Certain factors are keeping defined contribution (DC) retirement plan sponsors from adopting automatic features, a survey finds.