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Church plans will have to notify plan participants before asking the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide private letter rulings confirming the plans status.

Financial planners should work Medicare into their year-end planning

More than half of defined contribution plans experienced an increase in 401(k) loans in the past two years. But is it a wise financial move? The answer: that depends.

No CLASS, fiduciary reboot, and how the flu is infecting employers profits.

The Obama administration has shelved a financially troubled long-term care insurance plan. Officials said Thursday the staff has been cut and it's an "open question" if the program will be implemented.

Retirement plans exist to provide earnings streams to retirees, but knowing how to pensionize retirement savings is largely a foreign concept to most workers.

Investors flocked to stable value funds in an effort to smooth volatility experienced in August, apparently seeing them as a higher-yielding alternative to money markets.

Financial products with guarantees are likely to keep people invested in the stock market even in the face of short-term losses, according to a study from Prudential Financial.