Sam Brandwein, 2026 President of the American Retirement Association (ARA), on Oct. 18 hailed the importance of the organization and its role as a bipartisan advocate for the retirement industry and ...

“I will look everybody in the eye from this room, and if we’re not changing, we’re not going to be in this room in 10 years,” Plan Design Consultants Inc. Partner and Director of Consulting Chad ...

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has asked the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend approval of information contained in the PBGC’s regulation of special financial assistance ...

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has raised the premium rates applicable for plan years beginning in 2027. It announced the 2027 rates on Oct. 14. The PBGC raised the rates in ...

For some time now, private-sector pension plans have been a relative table of plenty. They have been fully funded and then some. And even when their funding ratio falls slightly month-to-month the ...

Access to employer-provided retirement plan coverage is a key component of facilitating financially secure retirement for employees. But the benefits to employees are only part of the story, industry ...

Employees report feeling more positive about their wellbeing. But at the same time, they need and want support across all the moments that matter, not just during annual enrollment or when updating ...

The American Retirement Association (ARA) in a comment letter it recently filed expressed support for IRS and Treasury efforts to implement Saver’s Match contributions for employer-sponsored ...

September means harvest season, and this year it brought a modest yield for private-sector pension plans. More precisely, pension plans’ funding levels improved during September. And even though the ...

Responsible parents might diligently save for a child’s college education from birth, only to find the funds elsewhere or realize the child's aptitudes suit something else — maybe Harley-Davidson ...

Calls for simplification are not unusual. Nor are they new. Tax law and regulation are frequently their targets, not benefits regulations and practices. But that was not the case for experts who ...