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HSA Administrators Merge
April 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Evolution Benefits and Lighthouse1 announced they are merging to create Evolution1.
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New Assumptions Push up RI Pension Liability
April 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rhode Island's retirement board has approved a new set of assumptions that estimates the state's unfunded pension liability is 27% higher than previously...
MassMutual Hires New Managing Director
April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has hired a new managing director in the southeast region – and says it will add...
ETFs Take in $9.5B in March
April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strategic Insight, an Asset International company, estimated that investors poured an additional $9.5 billion into U.S. Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in March, marking the...
Court Finds Wellness Program Incentives not Illegal
April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit which alleged that financial incentives to participate in a voluntary wellness program as part of a...
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Americans Cite Affording Retirement as Top Financial Concern
April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost 40% of working Americans say they will never afford retirement, which, for the second year in a row, ranks as the nation’s...
Russell Expands Client Team Supporting Advisers
April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has hired Chris Barlow as a defined contribution specialist for the firm’s U.S. adviser-sold business.
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Sponsors Say Participants Don’t Fully Utilize Savings Tools
April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mesirow Financial’s Retirement Plan Advisory practice’s inaugural 2011 Retirement Plan Survey Report finds nearly 41% of plan sponsors have seen an increase in...
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Global X Funds Launches Waste Management ETF
April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global X Funds has launched the Global X Waste Management ETF.
RidgeWorth Adds Not One, but Two Chief Compliance Officers
April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - RidgeWorth Investments has hired Robert Zakem as Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel for the firm and Joseph O'Donnell as...
PIMCO Beefs Up Emerging Markets Team
April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investment management giant PIMCO has expanded its emerging market fixed income team through the hiring of three additional portfolio managers.
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Financial Services Companies Need to Engage African American Community
April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Findings from a research study, “The African American Financial Experience,” show a demographic largely untrusting of the financial services industry, with a growing middle...
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UBS Launches Securities Research Mobile App
April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS Investment Bank has launched a Securities Research app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices.
Institutional Investment Managers Anticipate Inflation Risk
April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Approximately 70% of institutional investment managers believe that the risk of inflation will increase over the next six months, according to a quarterly...
ETF Flows Pick up Pace in March
April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Morningstar Direct reports that although flows into U.S. ETFs have been easing off the gas for the past several months, March saw the...
U.S. Stock Fund Flows Fall Off in March
April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The pace of long-term inflows slowed slightly to $27 billion in March from nearly $28 billion in February, due largely to a drop...
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No People Skills Top Reason Cited by Those Who Dislike Bosses
April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a recent survey conducted by Persuadable Research Corporation, 25% of respondents are not satisfied with their current boss.
Towers Watson Adds Account Director
April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Towers Watson announced that industry veteran Helen Mills has joined the company as an account director for its greater New York metropolitan area.
MN Agency Must Pay for Age Bias in Early Retirement Program
April 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has entered a consent decree requiring the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) to pay $467,165 to resolve an age...
U.S. Mutual Funds See $23B in Inflows in March
April 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Propelled by demand for international equity funds and taxable bond funds, U.S. mutual fund investors added an estimated $23 billion in net new...