The PBGC has posted the present maximum guarantee values for 2026, present values applicable to benefits with annuity starting dates in 2026.

Plan sponsors have…papers, lots and lots of papers. Well, they used to. Now they have mostly digital documents, but how many still have paper files in cabinets somewhere going back to the beginning of ...

“You should do no harm” in implementing a guaranteed lifetime income option, remarked Chao, also recognizing that can involve complexity. He cautioned that it is necessary to think things through, and ...

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, we are told. But it’s a bit more nuanced for retirement plans and those who serve them. In that case, prevention means compliance, and security, and ...

In 2026, the Roth catch-up provision comes into effect on a “good faith” basis. It’s one of the trickier rules to implement, and there are some hidden implementation issues that fiduciaries should ...

All of October, it seems, is devoted to Halloween. But despite terror-mania, October was not scary at all for private-sector pension plans. In fact, quite the opposite.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation on Oct. 27 issued the premium rates applicable for plan years beginning in 2026.

The Department of Labor recently issued an intriguing three-part “proposed rule” that, to my eye, offered helpful fiduciary tips that go well beyond pooled employer plans (PEPs).

Back in 1976 there was a movie called “Network” in which an aging network anchor expressed his frustration in no uncertain terms. So what gets your blood “boiling”? Here's my list, concerning ...

Below is a table providing descriptions and effective dates for the key provisions contained in the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, which was enacted Dec. 29, 2022, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations ...

Back-to-the-office requirements, hybrid work schedule, remote work, challenges for employers, retirement industry, best practices, communication, training, retention, trust, management ...

More than half of U.S. households had retirement accounts in a just-released study by the Congressional Research Service. That’s 54%, to be exact, according to the CRS in “Distribution of Retirement ...