Defined Contribution

As more companies announce they will increase retirement plan benefits for employees, one recordkeeper has created a tool for plan sponsors and advisors to calculate how these changes will affect them.

Some advisers and brokers may be short-circuiting processes and possibly violating the fiduciary rule's impartial conduct standards, even if inadvertently, attorneys at Drinker Biddle say.

While analyzing nearly 300 different retirement income strategies, researchers devised 8 metrics to help retirees and planners compare different retirement income solutions as they seek to annuitize retirement savings.

A Willis Towers Watson survey is the first hard data to emerge on how companies will invest in compensation and benefits packages in light of lower tax rates.

The Increasing Access to a Secure Retirement Act would give sponsors of 401(k) plans the regulatory clarity on annuities theyve been requesting for years -- but will it pass?

Plan sponsors are facing many issues, from plan design and deferral rates to compliance and communication.