Noting that “…the Secretary has an interest in effectuating ERISA’s express purpose of ‘establishing standards of conduct, responsibility, and obligation for fiduciaries of employee benefit plans,’” ...

Could providing information about designated beneficiaries on a participant statement actually trigger a fiduciary breach suit?

Responding to a recent call from a financial advisor in Colorado, the ERISA consultants at the Retirement Learning Center (RLC) address a question on whether children can have Roth IRAs and who can ...

Reducing costs isn’t as important to retirement plan sponsors, signaling a shift in mindset. While 40% still listed cost management as an important focus for the coming year, it declined from 50% in ...

Granted, they have a sizable dog in the hunt, but a new study from Empower found high interest and demand for private market investments in retirement plans.

As we pass the halfway point of 2025, it’s clear this year has been particularly eventful for plan sponsors. From the continued rollout of SECURE 2.0, heightened scrutiny around retirement readiness, ...

Rumored regulatory and political support to allow greater private market investment access — including retirement plans — thrust the issue back into the spotlight. What’s new, positive, and/or ...

Modern Wealth Management announced an asset purchase agreement of El Segundo, California-based Kaye Capital Management, a fee-only RIA with over $700 million in assets under management and an ...

A new suit alleges that plan fiduciaries’ actions were “contrary to actions of a reasonable fiduciary and cost the Plan and its participants millions of dollars.” ...

Empower CEO Edmund Murphy replied to Senator Elizabeth Warren’s questions and criticism surrounding the inclusion of private market investments in defined contribution retirement plans.

We recently got another robust report on the state of American savings; this time it was Vanguard, more specifically their How America Saves 2025 report.

Senate Republicans have introduced bills that would expand job benefit access for independent contractors, including by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who is chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor ...