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March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased during February from approximately $270 billion as of January 31, 2010,...

March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Tremont Group Holdings faces a $2.1-billion lawsuit in which the trustee seeking money for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme alleges Tremont missed...

March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A net 5% of executives interviewed for The Robert Half Professional Employment Report said they expect to add full-time, professional-level employees in the...

March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A net 5% of executives interviewed for The Robert Half Professional Employment Report said they expect to add full-time, professional-level employees in the...

March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Seventy-three percent of Americans in a new poll would use a secure online communication solution to make it easier to get lab results,...

March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nearly 50% of employees surveyed have considered leaving their current jobs, and 21% have applied for another job in the past six months,...

March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As pensions are increasingly replaced by 401(k) plans for working Americans, the Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index shows retired Americans are...

March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Motley Fool Asset Management has launched Motley Fool Great America Fund.

March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal has introduced a new workplace wellness program, designed for small to medium-sized businesses.

March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned an appellate court decision that an army reservist’s firing was not discriminatory.

March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A rebalancing effort by New York state’s $140.6-billion pension fund has resulted in the end of relationships with two U.S. large-cap equity managers.

March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a second day of testimony regarding the Department of Labor’s proposed change to the definition of fiduciary, witnesses continued to express concerns.

March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new research brief by a Washington, D.C. trade group blames “an onerous regulatory environment” for the trend away from defined benefit and...

March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A U.S. District Court judge has granted final approval of an $18.5-million settlement in an excessive 401(k) fee suit.

March 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The nation’s largest public pension plan now has a Chief Risk Officer.

 

March 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J.P. Morgan believes that the proposed regulations to change the definition of fiduciary should be modified to eliminate unnecessary and subjective standards. 

March 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The representative of one trade group told regulators considering a change in the definition of a fiduciary that any actions eventually taken should...

March 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. REIT market significantly outperformed the S&P 500 through February, according to NAREIT’s March Media Update.

March 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Total assets rolled over in health savings accounts (HSAs) and health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) increased to $4.2 billion in 2010, up from...