The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) has announced that it will discontinue its long-running partnership with the Centre for Fiduciary Excellence (CEFEX).

Half of plans allow participants to continue to make loan payments after leaving their employer — a feature that can help reduce leakage and increase retirement savings. The PSCA’s Annual Survey ...

Disappointingly, they found the take-up rates to be rather modest. On the other hand, the take-up rate following SECURE 2.0 increased dramatically — from 1% (pre-policy expansion) to 5.5% (post-policy ...

Retirement plans, in the end, are all about saving and participants. Their attitudes are central to the effectiveness of ...

EBSA took the action after receiving significant adverse comments about a direct final rule it had published on July 1 that removed a regulation published in 2008 that provides a fiduciary safe harbor ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law on Aug. 14, 1935, setting in motion one of the most enduring retirement saving vehicles in our history. The storied program is a ...

At first blush it may not have been apparent, but a closer inspection of legislation introduced by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) to expand retirement benefit access for gig workers reveals that it also ...

In response to the recent executive order (EO) which directed it to facilitate greater investment in private securities and other alternative investments in retirement plans, the Department of Labor ...

Hourly workers have a tendency to cash out retirement plan savings more often than salaried workers do when they leave their job, according to a report from Vanguard. Early cash outs from defined ...

Elevate your expertise in managing and selling defined contribution retirement plans with ASPPA’s Qualified 401(k) Specialist (QKS) credential program. Designed for client-facing professionals, the ...

A university professor recently reached out to us at the Plan Sponsor Council of America (PSCA) seeking information on use of ...

Most Americans prefer human retirement professionals significantly more than AI for a wide range of services; nonetheless, many also want to work with those who understand how to use AI as a financial ...