The year about to begin could see a pivotal shift for the defined contribution (DC) industry as it evolves from growing interest in retirement-income innovation to wider adoption of in-plan retirement ...

As we stand on the cusp of 2026, an analysis of Americans’ sentiments paints a nuanced picture of financial resilience. The fifth installment of Betterment at Work’s annual Retirement Readiness Report ...

Every year about this time, we ask plan sponsors what is top of mind for the next year in terms of plan priorities and changes. For the last couple of years, the main focus has been on SECURE 2.0 ...

Where is retirement income headed? Industry experts recently took a look at what participants are thinking and what the year ahead might bring. In “Regulatory Momentum for Retirement Income Solutions ...

Infrastructure has been built that will serve Trump accounts. They can be created when someone files their taxes by using Form 4547, or through a new website. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ...

Bit by bit, more states are providing auto-IRAs that provide retirement plan coverage to people whose private-sector employers do not. The effect they have on their participants is obvious. But what’s ...

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) can resume its policy agenda now that the 43-day shutdown is in the rear-view mirror. Recent actions and EBSA’s most ...

ERISA attorney Fred Reish has left Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, heading east to join Scott Colangelo and Jania Stout at Overland Park, Kan.-based Prime Capital Financial, the firm announced Dec. 18.

A session of the Employee Benefit Research Institute’s (EBRI) Dec. 11 symposium concerned Gen X and the degree to which its members are — or are not — ready for retirement. In that session, LinkedIn ...

On Dec. 12, the IRS unveiled the covered compensation tables that will be effective Jan. 1, 2026. The new data is contained in Revenue Ruling (Rev. Rul.) 2026-01. This revenue ruling provides tables ...

Retirement plans have garnered heightened scrutiny. And that, suggests a recent blog entry, highlights the importance of fulfilling fiduciary duties and not committing a fiduciary breach. The IRS and ...

The Department of Labor is now backing fiduciaries in a case involving criteria for a “meaningful” benchmark, on the same day of its recent amicus briefing supporting plan fiduciaries regarding the ...