The recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act could slightly accelerate the depletion of Social Security trust funds, said Karen Glenn, Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration.

The Washington, DC-based firm which provides retirement benefits designed specifically for public sector workers announced plans to lower its investment costs across a broad range of the firm’s equity ...

The retirement world has been anxiously awaiting (some with trepidation) for the presumed expansion of access to private market and crypto investments by defined contribution plans.

An executive order (EO) from President Donald Trump concerning private securities and digital assets is expected as soon as today. The EO is expected to cover both private placements and digital ...

President Donald J. Trump issued a widely anticipated executive order today that would make it easier to include private market investments (including debt, equity, credit, and infrastructure) and ...

Responding to a call from a financial advisor in Washington, the ERISA consultants at the Retirement Learning Center (RLC) address the differences between 457(b) and 457(f) plans for a tax-exempt ...

Optimism tempered with a dose of uncertainty sums up the attitude of a substantial number of retirement savers. At least that’s according to a recent analysis of thousands of plan participants.

According to Voya, a solid majority of plan participants told them that they considered themselves somewhat or very prepared for retirement. More specifically, 70% said they were prepared; 55% said ...

A(nother) federal judge has dismissed a(nother) suit filed alleging a fiduciary breach regarding the use of plan forfeitures to offset employer contributions – for the moment.

Non-compete agreements are widely used in the financial services industry and this legal battle is of keen interest for employers that use non-competes or are interested in hiring employees subject to ...

The Department of Labor (DOL) proposed to rescind a regulatory safe harbor on July 1 for being “unnecessary.” However, the safe harbor is highly valued by lifetime income providers and sponsors.

Another 401(k) plan has been charged with a fiduciary breach quadfecta; excessive recordkeeping fees, expensive managed account charges, a poor performing stable value option — and offsetting employer ...