Benefitting from employer-provided retirement plans, at its most basic, requires two things: employment, and participation in a plan. A recent report provides a look at how that’s worked for a cohort ...

The overwhelming common denominator in 401 (k) millionaires is an early start. These are people who stayed the course — often three decades or more — letting compounding do the heavy lifting. Success ...

“Real yields are strong now,” observed Hunt. Data he cited shows that equity returns for stocks in the second quarter of 2025 were far higher than bond returns were. In light of the strength of yields ...

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins on Sept. 24 met with Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to discuss policy changes to make private market investments more available to ...

The confirmation of Daniel Aronowitz to lead the Employee Benefits Security Administration has garnered the support of most of the major actors in the retirement space.

The retirement income industry is “chugging along,” in the words of an industry analyst, and is past the “first movers” stage. He, and other members of an expert panel, offered their take on where ...

Cash balance plans have emerged as a solution to many challenges plans face — and they have grown explosively, according to ...

The lawmakers’ letter comes in response to President Trump’s Aug. 7 Executive Order directing the Labor Secretary to consult with the SEC and Treasury Department to determine what overlapping ...

The PBGC has amended the regulation it recently updated that concerns termination of single-employer plans so that it correctly formats listed requirements.

The recent executive order that directed agencies to facilitate greater access to alternative investments in retirement plans is best seen as part of a broader push to increase access to private ...

The landscape of investments is evolving, and financial professionals face the challenge of integrating emerging assets like ...

The retirement industry is mulling a potential role for alternative assets in defined contribution plans, and a new study reports that consultants and advisors anticipate that target date solutions — ...