Retirement planning

The Florida Education Association is urging the state body that manages pension funds for its members to sell its holdings in companies that make a semi-automatic rifle.

The new tax law has extended the grace period for outstanding 401(k) loans made by workers who switch jobs, luring more participants to borrow from their accounts, exposing them to greater risk.

Plan sponsors should limit the number of fund selections, provide more fixed income choices and offer index options.

– Airline pilots, still resentful over pensions yanked away in a wave of industry bankruptcies, see growing company profits as a chance to reclaim some of those lost benefits.

It’s a good time to remind plan sponsors to adhere to long-term investing techniques built upon discipline and best-practices.

Now is the time to consider implementing operational checkups for tax-qualified retirement plans to ensure they're in compliance, says attorney Kathleen Dreyfus Bardunias.

Industry insiders say smaller firms can benefit from deductions while still maintaining workplace retirement plans.

401(k)s gaining popularity as 403(b)s and DB plans terminate, Transamerica’s annual survey with the American Hospital Association shows.

Employers should embrace auto-enrollment, automatically increase employee contributions each year and continually educate workers about 401(k) benefits.

Industry insiders say smaller firms can benefit from deductions while still maintaining workplace retirement plans.