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March 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Long-term funds in Asia gathered $8.7 billion in flows during January 2011, with new launches collecting over 100% of the total contributions, or...

March 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The portfolio of the San Diego County Employees Retirement Association (SDCERA) for the 2010 Calendar year outpaced its benchmark by 1.17%, generating a...

March 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended that the Department of Labor look into ways retirement plan sponsors and participants can be made...

March 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Brentwood, Long Island (New York) Fire District will pay $465,600 to settle a class age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal...

March 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Department store Belk Inc. will pay $55,000 to settle a religious discrimin­ation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Commission (EEOC).

March 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has sued a now-defunct company with allegations it walked away from its 401(k) plan without distributing $1.3...

March 16, 2011 (PLANaSPONSOR.com) – A retirement trade group on Wednesday endorsed the CPI for Seniors Act (HR 1086), which would replace the current Consumer Price Index (CPI)...

March 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - EisnerAmper LLP announced that James A. (Jim) Hatch was admitted to the firm as a Partner in the firm’s Tax Group, and was...

March 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Todd Lacey, founder of advisory firm The (k)larity Group, has taken a job with Transamerica Retirement Services and is selling his practice.

March 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer announced that Mindy Fox has been appointed U.S. Region Leader for Mercer and will become a member of Mercer’s global operating committee.

March 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While the percentage of plan sponsors in a new study providing automatic enrollment increased slightly from 39% in 2009 to 45% in 2010,...

March 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than half of the respondents in a new study work with a limited scope investment adviser (ERISA Section 3(21)(a)), where both the...

March 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Some 77% of retirement plans responding to a new survey said they have emerging markets equities in their plans or are considering including...

March 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC has announced a plan for expanding its geographic coverage through a series of cross-listings in Mexico.

March 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Benefits and Program Administration Committee of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration has recommended the fund keep its...

March 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has upheld a lower court decision sanctioning the firing of an employee for not properly communicating with his supervisor...

March 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is taking on three pension plans of Erving Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of tissue paper based in Erving,...

March 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey, commissioned by online investing firm Scottrade finds many Baby Boomers (born 1945-1966) have retirement savings regrets that can provide an...

March 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority (55%) of Gen Yers have not started to save for retirement, and fewer than a quarter (21%) are actively planning for...

March 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Los Angeles Capital Management, a global manager of institutional equity portfolios, has named Edward Rackham as Director of Risk Management.