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April 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –GE Asset Management (GEAM) has tapped Doug Heckman as Senior Vice President of Institutional Sales.

April 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –Towers Watson announced that president and chief operating officer Mark Mactas has decided to retire by the end of calendar year 2011.

April 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Manulife Asset Management said Chad Gross has been named Managing Director, Institutional Sales.

April 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – 95% of parents say they are primarily accountability or their children’s financial education but only 29%  think they are "excellent" financial role models,...

April 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – GoodHaven Capital Management, LLC has unveiled the GoodHaven Fund, with a focused portfolio management strategy and a flexible mandate allowing the managers to...

April 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Buck Consultants survey found that 60% of organizations are measuring their cost savings from green programs, up from 39%.

April 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Broad Financial, an IRA provider, has launched a new Web site section called Education Center.

April 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ETF industry assets rose $20.9 billion in August - up 2%, according to State Street Global Advisors’ ETF Snapshot.

April  8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A bill signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown allows parents to insure their adult children up to age 26 without being...

April 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Kentucky Retirement Systems board of directors changed leadership, firing Executive Director Mike Burnside and electing Jennifer Elliott as chairman to replace longtime...

April 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has ordered Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) to release its current payroll records to a state retiree.

April 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Delaware House voted 37-3 approving a bill to increase state employees’ contributions for benefits.

April 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) Board of Trustees approved a revised asset allocation plan for the system’s $34.6-billion portfolio.

April 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – High-quality employee wellness programs in small businesses improve employee health and well-being, which drives improvements in organizational outcomes such as absenteeism, health care...

April 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee presented a tentative plan to unions aimed to rein in the city’s ballooning retirement costs.

April 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has ruled that a University medical center used the correct compensation for determining retirement plan benefits due employees, even...

April 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has been selected by the University of Oklahoma (OU) as the sole administrative service provider for its 401(a), 457 and 403(b)...

April 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) recommends that the Department of Labor (DoL) issue regulatory guidance to allow 403(b) contracts...

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prudential Investments has begun offering three new fixed income funds. 

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This year, ongoing portfolio globalization and the increasing role of “alternative” investments - hedge funds, private equity and real estate - are expected...