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March 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new partnership claims to offer retirement plan advisers a new way to prospect and acquire plan sponsor clients.

March 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Americans' reluctance to use home equity to fund retirement could result in more not being able to maintain their standard of living in retirement.

March 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of employers report their bonus payments in 2010 will be similar to what they paid last year, according to a Buck Consultants survey released today.

March 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Senate has passed S.Amdt. 3430, which would allow defined benefit pension plan sponsors to spread out funding their shortfalls.

March 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DWS Investments, the US retail unit of Deutsche Bank’s global Asset Management division, has announced the appointment of Scott Brooks as a Director responsible for Third Party Insurance National Accounts.

March 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ACR-Alpine Capital Research has hired industry veteran Darryl S. Grayson as Chief Operating Officer and National Marketing Director. 

March 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Folio Institutional and Alliance Benefit Group Carolinas have teamed up to offer Folio(k).

March 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eagle Asset Management's Eagle Investment Grade Bond Fund opened to investors March 1, 2010.

March 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - David McPhillips has been named Director of Consultant Relations for Northern Trust's Corporate & Institutional Services business unit in North America.

March 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most U.S. employers say they are continuing to make investments today that will improve the long-term health and productivity of their workforce, according to a new survey by Hewitt Associates.

March 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With more than 50 green job boards currently scattered across the Web, job seekers may have a hard time finding and applying for positions, but a new search engine aims to solve that.

March 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. employers have modest hiring plans for the second quarter of 2010, according to the results of the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, conducted quarterly by Manpower Inc.

March 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A bill making its way through the U.S. Senate could make it possible to do a conversion to a Roth IRA within 401(k) plans.

March 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ERISA law firm Reish & Reicher has added another attorney to its Employee Benefits practice.

March 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The city of Concord, New Hampshire, and two other plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit claiming the state violated the state Constitution by increasing what municipalities and school districts must pay into the pension system for police officers, firefighters, and teachers.

March 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About half of U.S. executives would like to be able to move to international financial reporting standards sooner rather than later, according to a new survey.

I don’t know if you’ve gotten to this point in your year yet, but we’ve started doing taxes in our household.

March 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - What country was the first to adopt Daylight Saving Time?

March 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TIAA-CREF announced it has been selected by the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) as the single provider for the system's 403(b) and 457(b) supplemental voluntary retirement plans.

March 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – National Employee Benefits Day will be celebrated on April 6, 2010.