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January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research from Hearts & Wallets, LLC finds retirees struggle to understand and take retirement income from multiple sources – especially money in...

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Older investors’ trust in financial services institutions and advisers appears to have dropped to a new low over the past nine months, according...

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional investment managers expect global inflation to increase and interest rates to rise in the coming months as economic growth accelerates and corporate...

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In its comments on proposed target-date fund disclosure regulations, the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) and the National Association of Independent...

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Towers Watson has hired Bill Sharon as a senior consultant in the Southeast region.

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ETFS Physical Asian Gold Shares began listing on the NYSE Arca on Friday, trading under the ticker AGOL, ETF Securities announced.

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Bank PLC has announced the launch of an additional series of iPath Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) linked to the inverse performance of...

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New findings from a recent Charles Schwab survey indicate that men look to others less for financial help and also report making more...

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF) has settled a securities fraud law suit against Merrill Lynch for $4.25 million.

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study finds that many U.S providers of retirement plans are reducing the benefits they offer or looking to rebalance funding between...

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund reported that its donors supported charities in record numbers in 2010.

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of the Treasury has a new idea for distributing those refunds to taxpayers.  

 

January 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a new analysis from Aon Hewitt, global pension funding levels ended the year slightly up, despite a roller coaster year. 

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, Massachusetts, has begun testing prospective employees for nicotine use.

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – VALIC has been selected to be a 457(b) plan provider for the California Visalia Unified School District’s (VUSD) 2,500 employees and the Kings...

January 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) has submitted to the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) a series of six comment letters on...

January 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In response to a January 10, 2010, Wall Street Journal article by former New York City schools chief Joel Klein, the National Council...

January 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Financial Research Corporation (FRC) has tapped Matthew J. Schott as Vice President, Retirement Income Practice Leader.

January 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a letter to the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the SPARK Institute expressed concern that some of the proposed target-date fund disclosures...