Meaghan Kilroy

Meaghan Kilroy is a reporter at InvestmentNews' sister publication Pensions & Investments.

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Illinois governor proposes making Secure Choice retirement program optional for employers
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 16, 2018
Illinois governor proposes making Secure Choice retirement program optional for employers

State treasurer blasts move, vows to work with legislature to override action.

Participants' personal debt gains attention
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 29, 2018
Participants' personal debt gains attention

Sponsors see debt as major hurdle curbing retirement readiness.

Target-date-fund fees fall for ninth consecutive year
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 08, 2018
Target-date-fund fees fall for ninth consecutive year

Nearly 95% of net TDF inflows in 2017 went to passive series, Morningstar says.

Pension plans take lead on finding missing participants
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 30, 2018
Pension plans take lead on finding missing participants

The Labor Department's more aggressive stance has made the tasks of finding missing retirement plan participants more demanding.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 10, 2018
U.S. target-date funds have strong home-country equity bias

Mercer survey of 68 TDF series finds assets grew 30.8% in 2017.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 02, 2018
Loosened rules at odds with efforts to cut 401(k) loans, hardship withdrawals

New law eases restrictions on loans from defined contribution plans, even as employers work to stem plan leakage.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2018
Cost-cutting takes precedence in competitive defined-contribution environment

Managers of target-date funds continue to find ways to reduce fees

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 22, 2017
Labor secretary nominee Acosta will follow Trump's direction on DOL fiduciary rule

Questioned by Sen. Warren about the regulation, Alexander Acosta said, if confirmed, he will carry out executive orders from 'my boss.'

District Court dismisses 401(k) fiduciary breach lawsuit against Chevron
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 18, 2016
District Court dismisses 401(k) fiduciary breach lawsuit against Chevron

The plaintiffs argued that the company provided a money market fund instead of a stable value fund and paid excessive record-keeping fees to Vanguard Group, among other wrongdoings.

Emory University sued in latest fiduciary-breach suit
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 11, 2016
Emory University sued in latest fiduciary-breach suit

The lawsuit alleges the university and a university-affiliated health system breached their fiduciary duties by causing participants in their 403(b) plans to pay excessive fees.