Retirement plan sponsors are well accustomed to fiduciary obligations around investment selection, fee reasonableness, and plan administration. Increasingly, however, another consideration has been drawing regulatory attention: how participants’ personal and financial data is collected, used, and shared by the service … Read More

Recent research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) examines how retirees’ assets change over time depending on whether or not they have access to guaranteed income streams. The report, “Asset Decumulation Over Retirement and the Role of Guaranteed Income … Read More

Target date funds (TDFs) are the most common qualified default investment alternative (QDIA) in 401(k) plans. At year-end 2022, more than two-thirds of participants in the Employee Benefit Research Institute/Investment Company Institute (EBRI/ICI) 401(k) database held TDFs in their account. … Read More

  Faith-based organizations looking to offer retirement benefits to employees face decisions that secular employers do not, including whether their retirement plans are subject to ERISA. To aid the decision-making process, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued guidance in April … Read More

  The 2026 Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald Research Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS) finds a widening gap between what workers expect retirement to look like and what retirees actually experience, particularly around retirement timing and working for pay. … Read More

  In March 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a rule related to fiduciary prudence under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The proposed Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives rule clarifies fiduciary obligations … Read More

A December 2, 2025 hearing, titled “Pension Predators: Stopping Class Action Abuse Against Workers’ Retirement,” was convened by Subcommittee Chair Rick Allen (R-GA) before the House Education and Workforce Committee and the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Expert … Read More

If you think capitalization swings are getting wider and more frequent, you may be right. By the end of October 2025, there were 119 instances of individual U.S. stocks (mainly large technology firms) moving by more than $100 billion in … Read More

New research has revealed some telling patterns in employee retirement plan contribution rates. According to PLANSPONSOR’s 2025 Participant Survey, nearly 4 in 10 participants said that – when choosing their rate – they simply stayed with the plan’s default setting. … Read More

The regulatory follow-through on SECURE 2.0’s paper-statement mandate is now entering its next stage. The 2022 law includes provisions affecting how benefit statements must be delivered. In general, defined contribution (DC) plans will be required to furnish participants with at … Read More