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Products | April 7th, 2011

401k Widgets Introduces New Retirement Planning Tools

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401k Widgets' product line now includes a 401k Glossary, 401k Checklist, and 401k FAQs.

Products | April 7th, 2011

Barclays Launches Research for iPad

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Capital has launched Barclays Capital Research for iPad, which provides the firm’s institutional clients with access to its research via iPad devices.

Products | April 7th, 2011

Dow Jones Indexes, UBS Add Eight Commodity Indexes

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and UBS Investment Bank announced they are adding eight commodity subindexes to the Dow Jones-UBS...

Products | April 7th, 2011

AXA Equitable Offers Financial Super Apps

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company announced the launch of financial Super Apps for BlackBerry smartphones.

Products | April 7th, 2011

U.S. Bank Offers Mobile App for HSA Management

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Bank’s Healthcare Payments group has launched a mobile application to help its customers manage their Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), Flexible Spending Accounts...

Administration | April 7th, 2011

Securities Litigation Filings Shifting from Financial Firms

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal class action filing activity rose and the plaintiffs' bar shifted from an overwhelming focus on the financial services industry to a medley...

Benefits | April 7th, 2011

Those Most Worried about Rising Taxes not Saving in Retirement Plans

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research released by The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. finds Americans ages 45 and older with lower incomes worry more about rising...

Benefits | April 7th, 2011

Australians Want Increase in Company Mandatory Retirement Contributions

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of working Australians (61%) support the Federal Government’s plan to increase the superannuation guarantee (SG) from 9% to 12%, the latest...

Products | April 7th, 2011

ETF Provides Access to New Corporate Bond Indexing Strategy

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) announced the launch of the SPDR Barclays Capital Issuer Scored Corporate Bond Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) (Symbol: CBND).

Administration | April 7th, 2011

Sponsor Contributions Drive up Pension Funding

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $43 billion during March, from a deficit of approximately $256...

Benefits | April 7th, 2011

Work Style and Personal Attributes Rank High in Interviews

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The resume helps land the interview, but when it comes to making hiring decisions, employers are looking for less-obvious clues that an applicant...

Benefits | April 7th, 2011

Office Kitchens not Just for Getting Coffee

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New survey results from Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples, Inc., suggest that having a fully stocked kitchen, with food, coffee and...

Administration | April 7th, 2011

Poor Returns Biggest Reason for NYC Pension Cost Increase

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A study launched by New York City Comptroller John Liu found a $6.5 billion increase in New York City’s pension costs was largely...

Compliance | April 7th, 2011

SC Lawmakers Approve Adult Child Coverage Tax Law

April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – South Carolina legislators have joined other state lawmakers in passing legislation to exempt employees’ adult child health coverage from state taxes.

Compliance | April 6th, 2011

Court Finds no Bias in Wal-Mart Firing of Anti-Gay Employee

April 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has found that the firing of a Wal-Mart employee who chastised a co-worker for being lesbian was not religious...

Administration | April 6th, 2011

CalPERS Announces Organization Changes

April 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced organization changes it says will allow delivery of improved customer service to its members and...

Products | April 6th, 2011

Symetra Sets up Institutional Life Insurance Unit

April 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Symetra Life Insurance Company has created a dedicated unit within its Life Division to focus on bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) and other institutional...

Products | April 6th, 2011

Transamerica Introduces Enhanced Services Platform for TPAs

April 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Transamerica Retirement Services has announced the launch of TPA Choice, a suite of solutions that provides third party administrators the ability to customize...

Deals and People | April 6th, 2011

Sentinel Adds Co-Manager to Growth Funds

April 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sentinel Investments announced that Kelli K. Hill has been added as co-manager to the Sentinel Capital Growth, Sentinel Growth Leaders, and Sentinel Sustainable...

Compliance | April 6th, 2011

DoL Seeks Comments on Electronic Disclosure

April 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor is soliciting public comments to assist in determining whether and possibly how to expand or modify current rules...

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