As 2026 is under way, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past year from the perspective of the ARA Government Affairs Team, and, more importantly, what that work meant for you and the clients ...

December's private-sector pension plan stocking did not bring a lump of coal, but at the same time, the gifts in the pension stocking were modest — largely due to a positive reversal in liabilities.

The student loan match was one of the most anticipated features of the SECURE 2.0 Act — but its performance has not met expectations, according to the PSCA 68th Annual 401(k) Survey.

The American Retirement Association (ARA) announced that high-profile ERISA consultant and attorney Kizzy Gaul joined the organization as its Director of Technical Education.

At the second anniversary of its launch, Maine’s Auto-IRA has accumulated more than $25 million in assets and more than 18,000 employee participants.

Social Security supports retirees. That's the assumption —but some recipients are not retirees and are very much still part of the workforce. How can that be? And what does that mean?

Another forfeiture reallocation suit for failure to state a claim has been dismissed by a federal judge. Another forfeiture reallocation suit for failure to state a claim has been dismissed by a ...

More employers are pledging that they will participate in offering Trump Account matches for their employees’ children.

As 2026 begins, a new white paper by Mercer suggests that DC plan sponsors should consider a variety of issues as they head into the new year.

The Social Security Administration’s (SSA) average wait times for calls improved in fiscal year (FY) 2025, says a report the SSA's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has issued. The report, issued ...

We have turned the page on 2025! The gym is crowded again (for now), and, as always, the retirement plan world is asking its favorite January question: Now, what changed this year again? Because every ...

A new year has begun! What should that bring for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)? The PBGC’s Office of the Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate has outlined what it hopes 2026 will ...