The final rule codifies provisions of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE Act) (Pub. L. 116-94, Division O) applicable to cooperative and small employer ...

At first blush it may not have been apparent, but a closer inspection of legislation introduced by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) to expand retirement benefit access for gig workers reveals that it also ...

In response to the recent executive order (EO) which directed it to facilitate greater investment in private securities and other alternative investments in retirement plans, the Department of Labor ...

Most Americans prefer human retirement professionals significantly more than AI for a wide range of services; nonetheless, many also want to work with those who understand how to use AI as a financial ...

EBSA took the action after receiving significant adverse comments about a direct final rule it had published on July 1 that removed a regulation published in 2008 that provides a fiduciary safe harbor ...

Retirement plans, in the end, are all about saving and participants. Their attitudes are central to the effectiveness of ...

Hourly workers have a tendency to cash out retirement plan savings more often than salaried workers do when they leave their job, according to a report from Vanguard. Early cash outs from defined ...

A university professor recently reached out to us at the Plan Sponsor Council of America (PSCA) seeking information on use of ...

The retirement world had been anxiously awaiting (some with trepidation) the presumed expansion of access to private market and crypto [1] investments by defined contribution plans. Or, as some would ...

July is the heart of the warm part of the year, and this year it did not disappoint — and that includes private-sector pension plans, which showed modest gains. July is the heart of the warm part of ...

Best practice is to start the audit process—including audit firm selection—as early as 90 to 120 days before the plan ...

Ensuring plan fees are reasonable. Strong majorities of plan consultants and DC specialists consider it a priority to keep ...