Including a retirement plan provider’s affiliated funds as part of a plan’s investment lineup is not a fiduciary conflict of interest or prohibited transaction under ERISA, writes ERISA...
Developed by Left Coast Solutions and iGate Patni, iJoin is a mobile software program for 401(k) plan participants that leads them through the retirement planning process.
Prudential Retirement has launched Experience Prudential Retirement, a program for financial advisers and plan consultants to create customized marketing Web sites for prospects and clients.
Still River Retirement Planning Software, Inc. has launched a simplified, free version of its RetirementWorks II financial software for retirees and near-retirees.
Deciding what investments should be included in a retirement plan’s menu and monitoring those investments is a huge amount of risk and liability for just one person; plan...
At the PLANSPONSOR National Conference, a panel discussed the challenges facing smaller (less than $10 million in assets) employer-sponsored retirement plans.
Financial Benefits Network (FBN) has launched a benefits resource portal that provides employers and employees access to corporate benefit information and personal finance educational materials.
Northwestern Mutual’s financial literacy Web site, Themint.org, conducted a poll that found kids are much more satisfied by – and committed to – succeeding in school than managing...
Based on a nationwide survey of more than 3,000 working adults, Putnam Investments has debunked several perceptions about American’s level of retirement readiness.
Nearly 30% of participants in 401(k) retirement plans at Vanguard are in automatic, professionally managed investment programs, according to Vanguard’s How America Saves 2011.