There is a generational gap and gender divide among small business owners when it comes to retirement plan readiness and the perceived importance of offering a plan, according to a new survey.

What is the proper accounting in a plan’s initial year of deposits made before year end when the valuation date is the last day of the plan year? Recently there was a discussion among the ASEA google ...

Whither the retirement plan environment? None other than three former Assistant Secretaries of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration have offered their insights on some key matters ...

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

Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-part series that concerns matters with which retirement professionals must contend. Part I is here. Recently, I shared a list of things that make me ...

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 ...

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 ...

Industry groups suggest that to be successful, Trump Accounts will require additional guidance from the Treasury Department. Trump Accounts can be opened starting in July 2026.

The House of Representatives is considering legislation that would establish a hybrid emergency savings and 401(k)-type government-run program that would also require a minimum employer contribution ...

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.

Guaranteed lifetime income — its time has come, but it’s not quite that simple. That was the message of an expert panel whose members shared their insights on its addition to the tools by which ...