Retirement benefits

The average score of correct answers was 47%, and only 5% of respondents earned a grade higher than C.

With nearly half of retirees saying medical costs is their biggest concern, employers are beefing up voluntary benefits and promoting HSAs to help employees prepare for their post-work years.

Employers should reach employees where they are by incorporating solutions to current financial problems into the retirement saving process.

Younger workers are closing the savings gap due to design features and qualified default investment alternatives like target-date funds or managed accounts.

Reach employees where they are by incorporating solutions to current financial problems into the retirement saving process, says adviser Mark Singer.

In the face of growing concerns over medical costs, companies should plan a comprehensive health and wealth strategy for employees in retirement or risk losing talent.

One step is to avoid investing the money that they will need within a five-year period.

Female employees are ill-prepared for retirement — roughly one-third less than their male coworkers — but employers can help close the gap.

Younger workers are closing the savings gap due to design features and qualified default investment alternatives like target-date funds or managed accounts.

An IPS is a key part of the fiduciary compliance process and should clearly state roles and responsibilities.

UPS will freeze a pension plan because of escalating costs and volatility in determining future payments, replacing it with a different retirement benefit.

Gold tends to hold its value in the long-term, but it's volatile — almost as much as stocks — so clients may need decades to ride out its ups and downs,

The best retirement providers should sign on to a plan as a fiduciary, provide a complete menu of services and have a clean background.

Without defaulting to electronic disclosures, the cost burden falls on organizations and employees, says ERISA Industry Committee.

Retirees are advised to adopt a less aggressive approach to investing and reduce their risk exposure.

Retirement and welfare plans are not subject to DOL regulation, reversing three appellate decisions on the matter.

Participants may benefit from putting more dollars towards their plan account balance and fewer towards fees.

A new survey finds that millennials are especially vulnerable to false hopes and wishful thinking about post-work life.

Without defaulting to electronic disclosures, the cost burden falls on organizations and employees, says ERISA Industry Committee.

New analytics tools are enhancing clients’ abilities to target and engage employees.