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February 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In the second of its Employees Perspectives on Health Care reports, Towers Watson says health is slipping farther down employees’ priority lists.

February 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In the first of PLANSPONSOR’s 2011 403(b) Webcast series, sponsored by Fidelity Investments, speakers discussed what new fee disclosure regulations mean for fiduciaries...

February 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Profit Sharing/401k Council of America (PSCA) and Principal Financial Group have opened the third PSCA 403(b) Plan Survey.

February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Connecticut has ruled that both trustees of the James T. Farrell III Money Purchase Pension Plan are liable to...

February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. House Ways and Means committee on Thursday approved two separate pieces of legislation to repeal the Form 1099 reporting provisions enacted...

February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Newport Group has introduced a new Focus on Total Rewards benchmarking analysis which provides comprehensive competitive intelligence about executive benefits.

February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PlanServe Data Systems announced that Administaff, Inc., a provider of human resources services for small and medium-sized businesses, has selected PlanServe’s Relevant Pension...

February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC and The Boston Company Asset Management (TBCAM), both investment boutiques of BNY Mellon Asset Management, have announced...

February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined Lincoln Financial Securities, Inc. (LFS) and Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation (LFA) for not adequately protecting...

February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments reports that nearly one-third of its Roth IRA Conversions executed across its retail and adviser businesses in 2010 occurred during the...

February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer has turned to Jean-Philippe Provost as U.S. International Consulting Group Leader.

February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MetLife has enhanced its workplace productivity solution, MetLife Total Absence Management.

February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pursuing a broadened probe focusing on the city of Detroit's two public pension plans, according...

February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – FTSE Group has licensed GlobalX Funds to create a new exchange traded fund (ETF) based on the FTSE/ASEAN 40 Index.  

February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – From getting locked out of a hotel room in skivvies to witnessing a birth on an airplane, respondents to a new CareerBuilder survey...

February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new CareerBuilder survey reports that three-in-ten (30%) companies said they cut back on business travel last year.

February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration has approved a series of measures officials said further strengthen the fund's policies on...

February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two new bills introduced in the Florida state Senate would require state and local governments to close their traditional retirement plans to new...

February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new global survey of HR professionals published by StepStone Solutions reveals that corporate policies and lack of understanding are stifling recruiters’ use...

February 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new TPA firm has hung out its shingle.