Two lawsuits against banks have been filed by the Department of Labor--one settled, one remains.

Almost half of sponsors to defined benefit plans will consider some form of lump-sum payouts in the next two years, according to the Mercer-CFO Research 2015 Risk Survey.

The case against Stiefel Laboratories Inc. continues--for one plaintiff.

A proposed bill would extend the ability to use excess pension funding through 2025, from the current 2021 sunset date established in 2012.

Opponents of the DOL conflict of interest rule are rushing to document versions of Armageddon that would befall the retirement advisory industry if anything resembling the proposed provisions come to pass.

A federal judge in the Western District of Missouri has ruled in favor of trustees of ABB Inc.s defined contribution plan in Tussey v. ABB Inc., even though plan fiduciaries did abuse their discretion in mapping plan investments from one mutual fund to another, according to court documents.

The trend of de-risking corporate defined benefit pension plans calls into the question the viability of the insurance companies that assume the obligations, according to a new report from the International Monetary Fund.

Connecticuts Democratic Governor Dan Malloy has signed into law new protections for retiree participants of pension plans that have been de-risked by their employers.