Vestwell on Tuesday morning announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Accrue 401k, the entity formed to support the Guideline 401(k) plans that were not part of the recent Gusto ...

With the 43-day government shutdown in the past, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) can resume its policy agenda. Recent actions and EBSA’s most recent published agenda suggest that ...

Fidelity Investments has announced the launch of its Roth Self-Employed 401(k), a new retirement savings option for small businesses. According to the firm’s announcement, self-employed individuals or ...

The IRS has issued the 2025 required amendments (RA) list for qualified plans and 403(b)s. They are contained in Notice 2025-60. The 2025 RA List applies to individually designed plans qualified under ...

Noting that “…the Secretary has an interest in effectuating ERISA’s express purpose of “establishing standards of conduct, responsibility, and obligation for fiduciaries of employee benefit plans,” ...

Last week, we (finally) got the new contribution and benefit limits for 2026 from the IRS. Some (you know who you are) seem to think we make too much of this. I disagree. That said, and regardless of ...

Another 401(k) plan has been charged with a fiduciary breach quadfecta; excessive recordkeeping fees, expensive managed account charges, a poor performing stable value option — and offsetting employer ...

Another federal judge has dismissed another suit challenging a pension risk transfer arrangement, concurring that with no immediate injury, the plaintiffs lack standing to bring suit. This suit — one ...

ERISA litigation often equates the fiduciary duties of prudence and loyalty — but a federal judge has drawn a distinction in a controversial case involving ESG. Participant-plaintiff (and pilot) Bryan ...

The Department of Labor (DOL) put out its shutdown contingency plan on Friday. If Congress fails to pass a budget by Wednesday morning, most non-essential government functions will cease. Passing a ...

Empower CEO Edmund Murphy on Tuesday replied to Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) letter from June with one of his own. In it, he responded to Warren’s questions and criticism surrounding the ...

A recent survey of insurers highlights the criteria that a number of the nation’s leading fiduciary liability insurers identified as the biggest sources of fiduciary risk—within the control of plan ...