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December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The First Command Financial Behaviors Index reveals that 23% of middle-class Americans who own a traditional IRA have yet to decide if they...

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A plethora of state and local government associations has taken issue with recent federal legislation introduced regarding public pension reporting.

 

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. Representative John Kline (R-Minnesota) was selected to serve as Chairman of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee in the 112th Congress.

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fewer than one-third of employers surveyed by Mercer say they will offer the in-plan Roth conversion feature before 2012, and 45% say they...

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two retirement researchers have started a company, Hearts & Wallets LLC, to formalize their Hearts & Wallets research initiative.

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ee Fang Chen has been named Sales Director for Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI), in the Asia Pacific region.

 

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Eighty-four percent of those in a recent Ernst & Young poll said managing the changes resulting from health-care reform is a very important or...

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – State and local government employers spent an average of $26.25 per hour worked for employee wages and salaries in September 2010, the U.S....

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is assuming responsibility for the underfunded pension plan covering almost 500 workers and retirees of bankrupt North...

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ETF assets were up slightly in November to $931 billion, according to the newest data from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA).

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Newkirk has enhanced several existing services intended to satisfy the Department of Labor’s (DoL’s) recently released final rule on disclosing fees and expenses...

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Ex-Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld and other Lehman executives kept secret their use of Repo 105, a method of financing allegedly designed to...

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in New Jersey has declared that a 401(k) participant has no legal right to sue his employer over the company’s...

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Arnerich Massena, a Portland, Oregon-based independent money manager, has turned to Scott Dunbar to be its director of institutional services.

December 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The bad news from a recent Wells Fargo & Company survey was that many respondents do not have a realistic clue about how...

December 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued a North Carolina restaurant for subjecting male employees to a sexually hostile work environment...

December 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, at DC Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona, will pay $248,750 to three former male employees to settle a...

December 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former and current owners of the Sahara Hotel & Casino, on the Las Vegas strip, will pay a total of $100,000 and...

December 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has approved 222 applications by mini-med plan sponsors for waivers from annual limit requirements in...

December 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Potential tax increases will lead to a higher number of households at risk in retirement, according to a new study.