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April 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Securian Retirement added six American Funds to the separate account investment options available through its qualified retirement plans.

April 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – PensionsFirst, a risk solutions provider to the defined benefit pension industry, has tapped Robert Wilen as Principal.

April 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan in March inched up 0.5 percentage points to 88.5%, monthly statistics published by...

April 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American workers who are emotionally disconnected from their work and workplace -- known as "actively disengaged" workers -- rate their lives more poorly...

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has revised its REALifelines: Veterans’ Employment and Career Transition Advisor – an interactive, online tool to help...

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – February stock and bond fund inflows were $31.9 billion, while equity objectives posted net inflows of $17.7 billion, followed by the corporate objective...

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Columbia Management announced the launch of two open-end mutual funds: the Columbia Absolute Return Multi-Strategy Fund (CMSAX) and the Columbia Absolute Return Enhanced...

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – American International Group (AIG) must face some claims by current and former employees that it invested their retirement funds too heavily in company...

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has affirmed a $1 million judgment against Whirlpool Corporation in a sex and race harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S....

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is asking for help in identifying regulations for possible modification, streamlining, or repeal.

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Goldman Sachs Asset Management has unveiled the Goldman Sachs High Yield Floating Rate Fund (Class A Shares: GFRAX).

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pension funding ratios increased approximately 5% in the first quarter of 2011, following a 10% rise in the Q410 figure, leading to an...

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) continued to outperform the broader equity market in the first quarter of 2011, according to NAREIT.

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An official of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) told a recent municipal analysts' meeting the board will soon propose increased disclosure of...

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ING has introduced a Web site which aims to help people make informed decisions about retirement while making it easy for them to...

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A study by the ING Retirement Research Institute found less than half of respondents (48%) indicated that they feel “in control” of their...

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The North Dakota House has rejected a proposal to add a banker and stockbroker to the state Investment Board.

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Colorado has turned aside an employer’s demand that its lawyers be paid $1.5 million in fees for litigating a...

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has ruled that the presumption of prudence is not enough to dismiss claims a...

April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Another court has used the “presumption of prudence” standard to rule for the employer in a case where participants allege a breach of...