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February 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Invesco PowerShares and Select Sector SPDRs have come to terms over a trademark suit filed last year.

 

February 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a memo to the Retirement Services division, Andy Sieg, Head of Retirement and Philanthropic Services for Bank of America (BofA) Merrill Lynch, announced...

February 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Focus group discussions conducted by the Center for Financial Security at Boston College provided insight into the reasons some retirement plan participants mix...

February 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Adam Blitz as regional sales director for Long Island, New York.

February 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – T. Rowe Price has announced some recent hires within the Retirement Plan Services sales team.

February 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Standard & Poor's and Harel Financial Group have launched a suite of sector indexes covering a range of companies within the Israeli equity...

February 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Achieving better overall health is the top reason American workers (43%) report they participate or would participate in a wellness benefit program according...

February 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Americans may not be preparing for the unexpected events that may interfere with their retirement plans, according to a new MetLife Mature Market...

February 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Private equity investors need to be aware of a potential problem in how the industry puts to work a balance of capital committed...

February 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA) has acquired the Boston office of Kinloch Consulting Group Inc., the employee benefits division of Kinloch Holdings...

February 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – As the economy recovers, issues of hiring and retention will become a focal point for accounting and finance employers.

February 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Thirty-two percent of Baby Boomers and Mature Americans recently polled are worried they won’t be able to afford the retirement lifestyle they want...

February 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Benefits Council and the Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets (CIEBA) contend the Dodd-Frank financial reform process is moving too...

February 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Foley Hoag has further strengthened its Labor and Employment Law practice with the hiring of attorney Terence McCourt, who joins the Boston office...

February 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study analyzing 37,500 state and local government bond issues found that pension funding raises rates by a modest 3 to 7...

February 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The number of investment professionals at broker/dealers has remained largely unchanged at approximately 310,000 over the last few years, and investment professionals are...

February 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Principal Funds has hired Jeff Tyler as portfolio manager for Principal LifeTime Funds target-date fund series, effective March 1, 2011.

February 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DALBAR and FiduciaryPlanReview.com announced a joint venture to help deliver the fee disclosures required by brokers/dealers under new 408(b)(2) regulations.

February 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement Board has hired Anthony S. Clark, as the system’s new chief investment officer.

February 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – No other asset class studied has dominated stable value (SV) funds since the inception of stable funds in late 1988, a new study...