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October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Forty-five percent of employees recently surveyed said they have health coverage from their employer, down from 50% in January 2008.

October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study finds one in five workers age 50 or above has retired from his old employment and moved into a new...

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BlackRock, Inc. announced that Chris Leavy will join the Company as Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Fundamental Equity - a newly created position.

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a survey conducted for insurer WellPoint, Inc., most employees (83%) think more highly of employers that offer voluntary insurance benefits than...

October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Stanley, Hunt, DuPree & Rhine (SHDR) is rolling out an enhancement to its consumer-directed health plan administration services that it said will ease...

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a letter responding to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board’s (GASB’s) preliminary views (PV) on pension accounting and financial reporting by employers, the...

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Russell Investments has launched the Russell Global Infrastructure Fund and the Russell Global Credit Strategies Fund.

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thirty companies and organizations won't be required to raise the minimum annual benefit included in low-cost health plans covering seasonal, part-time, or low-wage...

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Half of those in a recent poll sponsored by higher education lender Sallie Mae who don’t participate in a 529 plan say they...

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workplace Options, provider of work-life benefits and employee support services, has introduced Workforce Advantage Absence Tracking.

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ConvergEx Group, a technology company providing services to asset managers and financial intermediaries, announced that Ronan Walsh has joined the firm’s Global Transition...

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) returns were nearly five times greater than those of the broader U.S. equity market in the first three...

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – St. Louis Post Dispatch LLC has to take a dispute over retiree health benefits to arbitration, a federal judge has ruled.

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Pennsylvania made a mistake when he threw out a 401(k) excessive fee case against Unisys Corporation and Fidelity Management...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $19 billion in August, according to Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Franklin Templeton has announced a series of changes to its Investment-Only (IO) team.

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A newly expanded Retirement Education Portal from the Principal Financial Group offers financial professionals access to an online library focused on retirement income...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Being financially stretched continues to be the number one reason for not contributing to employee-funded retirement plans, according to a recent survey.

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite proactive savings behaviors, 66% of boomers polled by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies said they are less confident in achieving a...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has assumed responsibility for the underfunded pension plan covering more than 780 former workers and retirees of...