Retirement benefits

As nearly one in five U.S. workers has a part-time job, companies need to extend benefit packages.

Ignorance is no excuse when it comes to a possible ERISA audit. Here are some hard truths to common mistakes sponsors have in their heads.

“Public pension plans continue to bury their heads in the sand living in a time warp of decades-old actuarial assumptions,” says a former Connecticut state treasurer.

Fidelity Investments is trimming fees on the target-date index funds it sells to retirement plans and rolling out new offerings that combine active and passive strategies.

Ignorance is no excuse when it comes to a possible ERISA audit. Here are some hard truths to common mistakes sponsors have in their heads.

Seniors receiving pension payments should ensure that their tax withholding is enough to cover the tax liability on the income and avoid trouble with the IRS.

As nearly one in five U.S. workers has a part-time job, companies need to extend benefit packages.

Academic and non-profit institutions need a new strategy for today’s changing needs.

New offering features 16 benefit levels, premium savings, free services, integrated wellness incentives and cash rewards to help attract and retain top talent.

More than two thirds report a desire to keep participants in plans after retirement and have greater focus on longer term objectives over short-term downside risk.

During that first 10 years of our 40-year careers, most of us contribute very little or nothing to our retirement accounts. At that time in our lives, retirement seems pretty far off – but it isn’t.

A portion of retirees’ Social Security benefits may be taxed at the federal level if their combined income exceeds a certain limit.

The record-keeping firm is acquiring Russell Investments’ Adaptive Retirement Accounts program to offer account management to clients.

New offering features 16 benefit levels, premium savings, free services, integrated wellness incentives and cash rewards to help attract and retain top talent.

Ten states and one city have already taken steps to offer government-facilitated retirement programs.

During that first 10 years of our 40-year careers, most of us contribute very little or nothing to our retirement accounts. At that time in our lives, retirement seems pretty far off – but it isn’t.

One may have lots of disposable income, while the other may have to rely on taxable distributions.

A company that employs 10,000 people can save $500,000 a year by getting employees on a more sound fiscal footing.

Employing a range of learning methods, moving the participant to action, and measuring the impact of program initiatives can lead to long-term success through easily understandable information.

We have multiple goals in life and should be able to handle short-term debts and long-term goals without sacrificing one for the other, says one expert.