Tag: Plan design

The high court has granted a stay on a lower court's mandate for Dignity Health to get its pension plan in compliance with ERISA.

However, only 24% of workers are covered by a pension.

The Retirement Enhancements and Savings Act of 2016 includes many other provisions that address plan sponsors' needs and questions.

The DOL previously announced it is offering grants to facilitate research into retirement plans for low-wage earners.

The platform gives financial advisers the ability to better service employers and employees, the company says.

To mark the 10th anniversary of the PPA, the firm reassesses retirement plans.

In a recent survey of managers, IonTuition found nearly all saw value in offering their employees benefits such as student loan repayment assistance.

Higher-ed faculty and staff can save more for retirement due to the lower fee structure that results from pooling the assets of many plans into a single multiple...

Advisers can encourage plan sponsors to move beyond auto-enrollment.

Two leading executives discussed the new fiduciary rule, retirement readiness, income and more.

The rule is intended to facilitate the payment of benefits partly in the form of an annuity and partly as a single sum.

Among the worrisome data points shared with this week with U.S. Senators on the Special Committee on Aging is that nearly half of individuals cannot easily cover an...

A new whitepaper from Transamerica explores strategies for maximizing control and transparency in key pension plan processes. 

Defined contribution plan participant experience expert expresses real confidence in the industry’s ability to “solve the portability problem.”

The Internal Revenue Service announced that employer-sponsored retirement plans can make loans and hardship withdrawals to assist victims of historic flooding in Louisiana. 

More 403(b) plan sponsors are also automatically enrolling participants.