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October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At a time when U.S. pension plan funded positions have been battered by volatile equity markets and falling interest rates, many defined benefit...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar has revised its classification structure for global equities based on the market a company serves rather than the type of business it...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) and the Centre for Fiduciary Excellence (CEFEX) have announced changes to their service provider...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. announced that Tony Daniel will serve as regional vice president of sales for its private sector retirement plans business.

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said city pension funds have set unrealistically high assumed rates of return on investments, at 8%.

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Advancing its real estate restructuring plan, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced the consolidation of its entire core multifamily apartment portfolio...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Towers Watson survey found that a majority of workers (56%) would be willing to pay a higher amount from their paycheck to...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lincoln Financial has contracted with DST Retirement Solutions, a provider of retirement plan recordkeeping software, to enhance its recordkeeping and administrative services platform...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Michigan has thrown out a fiduciary breach lawsuit against State Street Bank and Trust filed by General Motors 401(k)...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away a request by Nestlé Purina Petcare Co. to review an 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Russell Investments has launched a new series of benchmarks to reflect the global frontier market.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)  has posted to its Web site Spanish versions of model notices required under the...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – State Street Corporation has enhanced its wealth manager services capabilities.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – 3M Co. has announced it will eventually stop offering its health-insurance plan to retirees, citing the federal health care overhaul as a factor.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Supreme Court has upheld Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's order to furlough state workers.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (MSRPS) announced that Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Mansco Perry, III will be leaving his post at...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Mercer outsourcing principals Peter Gosselin, Shawn Charles, and Julie Doran have formed Gosselin Consulting Group LLC, an independent, full-service institutional investment consulting...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Corporation announced that Samuel (Sam) Cole will join the company next month as executive vice president and deputy head of State...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Most benefit plan cost trend rates for 2011 will remain unchanged from 2010, according to the latest Segal Company forecasts.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An audit report claims the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) could do more to protect retirement plan assets from conflicts...