So it seems that now there’s a “new” retirement crisis to fret about — and it involves so-called “junk” IRAs. You may have seen the recent Wall Street Journal’s headline that proclaimed “Forgotten 401 ...

Missing participants are likely to evoke frustration among plan sponsors — driven by a caseload of missing or unresponsive participants that defy resolution. As an administrator of IRAs, a 401(k)-plan ...

Turns out, it was a little of both. Analyses about private-sector pension plans’ performance in November are mixed. Some show slight progress, others show slight regression. But the common denominator ...

Legislation that would allow retirement savers to roll Roth IRA savings into a Roth account within a workplace retirement plan was reintroduced on Dec. 4 in both chambers of Congress. Under current ...

Are Social Security funds and accounts being administered as they should be? The Office of the Inspector General has its eyes trained on the Social Security Administration watching how the funds under ...

The threat of litigation against plan fiduciaries is having a detrimental effect on retirement plan innovation, witnesses told a House subcommittee in testimony at a Dec. 2 hearing.

On Dec. 2, the Treasury Department said it plans to issue proposed regulations on Trump accounts. A website for Trump accounts is now live, and additional information on how to sign up will be ...

The option of investing in a collective investment trust (CIT) may be one step closer for 403(b)s with the introduction of a bill in the House of Representatives that would make that possible.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has given a green light to the DOL’s motion to withdraw its appeal of a court challenge(s) to the so-called fiduciary rule issued during the Biden ...

The IRS says payment of health benefits from a pension plan's 401(h) accounts for annuitized retirees does not violate the Internal Revenue Code, nor jeopardize its tax-qualified status, but the ...

The American Retirement Association is calling on Congress to act on legislation that reduces abusive litigation practices that divert resources that could otherwise enhance retirement outcomes.

Social Security, sometimes referred to as a “third rail,” is a mainstay in many ways — and not just for individuals. An expert panel recently outlined some of them.