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Only 5% of employers allow student loan matching in their 401(k)s, but prevalence is expected to increase in 2025, while there is minimal interest among employers in the $2,500 emergency savings option, according to a new Alight survey.
By: Lynn Cavanaugh
Participants in the firm's $2.9 billion 401(k) plan had sued the company, alleging it failed to regularly monitor plan investments and remove underperforming in-house funds.
By: Lynn Cavanaugh
A new IRAlogix survey raises concerns over a rapid depletion of retirement savings, and provides guidance to employers to help pre-retirees to make a decumulation plan.
State securities regulators discovered gaps in the firm’s supervisory process, when customers moved from brokerage to advisory accounts and the financial services firm implemented new policies in response to the now-defunct fiduciary rule.
By: Lynn Cavanaugh
The Department of Labor will not take action, under ERISA, against plan fiduciaries that transfer entire benefit payments owed to missing participants of $1,000 or less if certain conditions are met.
By: Lynn Cavanaugh
Last week, BlackRock dropped out of the United Nations-backed climate change investing initiative, which was followed by NZAM suspending its activities on Monday because of “recent developments … in investors' respective jurisdictions,” according to its website.
By: Lynn Cavanaugh
A federal judge has dismissed – for the second time – a lawsuit against Bechtel Global that alleged the $5.7 billion plan's default managed account investment led to excessive fees and subpar returns, arguing that a target date fund would have been a better alternative.
By: Lynn Cavanaugh
The online trading firm has agreed to settle the Securities and Exchange Commission fines, related to 10 violations, including failures to report suspicious activity in a timely manner, implement adequate identity theft protections and provide “blue sheet data” to the SEC.
By: Lynn Cavanaugh
Medicare has announced 15 new drugs up for price negotiations, set to begin in the next several months with top drugmakers, including Pfizer, Novo Nordisk and GlaxoSmithKline.
By: Lynn Cavanaugh
In the latest Securities and Exchange Commission off-channel communications sweep, 12 firms will pay hefty fines because they used unapproved communication methods, such as WhatsApp, and failed to properly keep records.
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