Employers are responding to a surge in interest in financial wellness programs by implementing more of them.

The Department of Labors new fiduciary proposal potentially stands to complicate a retirement planning industry already marked by consumer confusion.

Bipartisan legislation has been introduced to make the creation of ESOPs more available to small businesses.

A claim against EOG Resources Inc., formerly Enron, has been brought in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas alleging ERISA and Fair Labor Standards Act violations.

A whistleblower at Paradigm Capital Management, an Albany, New York-based provider of mutual funds marketed to fee-based RIAs, and institutional separately managed accounts, has been awarded a more than $600,000 reward from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A record 23 percent of participants in Fidelity-provided 401(k) plans increased their contribution rates in the first quarter of 2015, according to the companys Quarterly Retirement Snapshot.

The potential commoditization of 401(k) plans that some feared would be the result of stricter fee disclosure rules has not happened.

There were 23,056 new 401(k) plans launched in 2013, almost 1,000 fewer than the year before, or a 5 percent decline.