Financial wellness

Under new final regulations, which take effect Jan. 1, 2016, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation substantially reduced the reporting requirements for pension plan administrators, sponsors and contributing employers.

Commentary: If you offer investment advice services as part of your retirement package to your employees, make sure you understand what types of products and services your adviser is offering and at what cost.

Betterment, Blooom and Captain401 bring new choices to the 401(k) investment advice space. Are they a good fit for your organization?

Betterment, Blooom and Captain401 bring new choices to the 401(k) investment advice space. Are they a good fit for your organization?

401(k) and other defined contribution plan sponsors report high participation rates by millennials; however, millennials with student loan debt are saving at a lower rate.

The NFL and the NFL Players Association work together to build a comprehensive wellness program that helps retired football players better transition into a life without football, both financially and emotionally.

Many women contribute to their workplace retirement plans, but are also are very concerned about not being able to retire when and how they want to, implying that they may not be saving enough to feel secure about reaching their retirement goals.

More companies are offering both a traditional 401(k) plan and a Roth 401(k) but plan participants are not as quick to embrace the Roth 401(k) as their employers are.

Many companies have embraced financial incentives as a way to encourage participation in wellness programs, but workers still express concerns about privacy and not wanting their employers to be involved in their health and well-being.

Commentary: There’s nothing so wrong with existing target-date fund options that warrant taking on the level of risk that appears to come with a customized TDF series.

Small business owners don’t always have the resources or know-how to establish 401(k) plans for their employees.

Student loan debt, the need to save to buy a car or home or other priorities may cause many younger workers to forgo 401(k) contributions early in their careers. What can employers do to help them catch up?

Commentary: Current and potential employees (no matter the age) are looking for two of the most popular workplace benefits – health and retirement.

Small employers who don’t offer 401(k) plans to their employees have a new option with the federal government’s myRA program, officially launched today by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

MyRA, the Obama administration's free, guaranteed-return starter retirement account, launched nationwide on Wednesday.

Several retirement industry experts met on Capitol Hill Wednesday in a continued push to encourage better access to retirement plans for small businesses, championing bipartisan reforms to multiple-employer plans.

Reasonable cost, leadership support and an investment line-up that meets the needs of all participants are important attributes of a successful 401(k) plan.

With some employees forced to retire earlier than expected because of health issues, employers need to reinforce the "save early" message.

Money management firm Stadion aims to customize target-date funds for the small-plan market with new managed account product.

When David Hassell, CEO of software company 15Five, shopped around for a 401(k) plan he was left frustrated and confused by vendors’ lack of fee transparency.