2022 M&A Action Picks Up Steam With Latest NFP Acquisition
The firm says its acquisition of Improved Funding Techniques Inc. expands its retirement footprint in the Northeast.
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PRTs and In-Plan Annuities Among Top 2022 Trends to Watch
The past two years have been challenging for institutional investors, but they have also brought about opportunities to address some...
Delta Air Lines Faces ERISA Actuarial Equivalence Pension Lawsuit
The complaint challenges the use of both allegedly outdated mortality tables and artificially high interest rate assumptions in the conversion of annuity types under multiple pension plans.
Plan Sponsor of the Year Nominations Close Monday!
The award is given in many categories to recognize all plan types, so any plan sponsor can be eligible.
Labor Issues Highlight Importance, Evolution of Retirement Benefits
For several decades, U.S. workers have been much less active in terms of union participation, and this has had a...
Citgo Is Latest Large Employer Facing Actuarial Equivalence Challenge
The proposed class of plaintiffs alleges Citgo is using mortality assumptions that are at least 50 years out of date...
A Well-Informed Look at the EBSA’s Terminated Vested Participant Project
Justine Kim worked as a DOL investigator from 2006 to 2018. In this guest article, she offers tips for advisers...
Upcoming Webinar: Key Topics in Succession Planning
Join us May 11 at 2 p.m. EST for a timely and informative webinar on the crucial topic of succession planning.
The Inside Take: Ascensus CEO on GIC, Stone Point Acquisition
Ascensus CEO David Musto says the goal of the deal is not for his firm to radically shift its strategy or change its approach to doing business; instead,...
M&A Update: OneDigital Acquires Westminster Consulting
The deal adds to 2021’s record-setting pace for adviser industry mergers and acquisitions, while underscoring the emerging competitive pressures facing even sizable independent firms.
$35 Trillion in Retirement Savings Tells a Tale of Two Economies
Retirement plan balances have never been higher, fresh data from the Investment Company Institute shows, yet many millions of Americans...
2021 PLANSPONSOR Plan Adviser of the Year Nominations Open
Nominations for the 2021 PLANSPONSOR Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year awards may be made by plan sponsor clients, employers,...
Portman’s Retirement Will Cap a Career of Retirement Advocacy
With two more years left in what will be his final term in the U.S. Senate, the question now becomes whether Rob Portman can help secure another round...
Some Say Union Revival Could Address Retirement Insecurity
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the U.S. now has the fifth lowest trade union density of the...
2021 Plan Sponsor of the Year Nominations Are Open
Do you work with, or know of, a plan sponsor that deserves recognition for going above and beyond? Consider nominating them for a 2021 PLANSPONSOR Plan Sponsor of...
BPAS Introduces PensionEase
The offering includes participant recordkeeping and compliance monitoring.
Above and Beyond: The 2020 PLANSPONSOR Plan Sponsors of the Year
The Plan Sponsor of the Year annual awards program, run by our sister publication PLANSPONSOR, recognizes retirement plan sponsors that show a commitment to their participants’ financial health...
15th Anniversary of RPAY: Stace Hilbrant
The 2012 winner of the PLANSPONSOR Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year award says more change has happened in the...
UPS Defeats ‘Actuarial Equivalence’ ERISA Challenge
The defense has prevailed on technical grounds in a lawsuit that argues plan sponsors should be required to use fresh mortality and interest rate assumptions when converting between...
PANC 2019: Unlocking the Retirement Income Dilemma
Sponsors are beginning to be willing to adapt their plans to accommodate retirees' lifetime income needs.