The threat of litigation against plan fiduciaries is having a detrimental effect on retirement plan innovation, witnesses told a House subcommittee in testimony at a Dec. 2 hearing.

On Dec. 2, the Treasury Department said it plans to issue proposed regulations on Trump accounts. A website for Trump accounts is now live, and additional information on how to sign up will be ...

Legislation that would allow retirement savers to roll Roth IRA savings into a Roth account within a workplace retirement plan was reintroduced on Dec. 4 in both chambers of Congress. Under current ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has given a green light to the DOL’s motion to withdraw its appeal of a court challenge(s) to the so-called fiduciary rule issued during the Biden ...

The IRS says payment of health benefits from a pension plan's 401(h) accounts for annuitized retirees does not violate the Internal Revenue Code, nor jeopardize its tax-qualified status, but the ...

How has the IRS changed the required amendments (RA) list for qualified plans and 403(b)s for 2025? Notice 2025-60 tells us.

Yet another of the genre of forfeiture reallocation suits has failed to state a claim, a federal judge has ruled. This one was brought by plaintiff Jayson Brown, a former employee of defendant Peco ...

A motion withdrawing its appeal of court challenges to the so-called fiduciary rule issued during the Biden administration was filed by the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security ...

The Treasury Department has announced that it plans to issue guidance saying that undocumented immigrants are ineligible to receive the Saver’s Match, as well as certain other tax credits. Saver’s ...

As someone who regularly speaks on retirement industry topics, I especially enjoy sessions that invite the audience to share their thoughts on issues affecting the industry. Here are some insights ...

The need and worth of financial wellness — which includes retirement plans and readiness — is a constant. But the ways of achieving financial wellness are not static. An expert panel recently outlined ...

The American Retirement Association (ARA) is calling on Congress to act on legislation that reduces abusive litigation practices that divert resources that could otherwise enhance retirement outcomes, ...