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December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Reaction from some in the retirement services community to President Obama’s fiscal commission’s final report was decidedly negative, warning of dire consequences if...

December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Gary L. Merritt, vice president of Bemcore Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, has been sentenced by a federal court to five years’ probation and...

December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Matthews International Capital Management, LLC (Matthews), adviser to the Matthews Asia Funds, has introduced an Institutional share class for nine of the Matthews...

December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A report by President Obama’s fiscal commission, released Wednesday, recommends a higher retirement age and cutting back tax-free treatment of employer-paid health insurance.

December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pioneer Investments is partnering with Fiduciary360 (fi360) “to help prepare advisers for an increasingly fiduciary future.”

December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American workers plan to juggle work and play by staying connected to the office while they simultaneously celebrate the season, according to a...

December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor has rescinded the Form T-1 reporting requirement for union trusts controlled by union officials.

December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Sun Life Canadian Health Index suggests that employers can play a big hand in improving employees’ health.

December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Actuarial and employee benefits consulting firm Nyhart has found 81% of employees 18 or older will not be able to afford to retire...

December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lincoln Financial Group and Humana Inc. have formed a distribution partnership enabling 2,000 Humana agents to offer Lincoln's fixed- indexed annuities and Lincoln...

December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has denied a request for a jury trial by former employees of YRC Worldwide who are suing the company for...

December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a hearing on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), American Benefits Council Actuarial and International Benefits Consultant Kenneth Porter said certain well-intended...

December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Principal Financial Group has introduced several mobile planning tools and applications for retirement plan participants.

December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Principal Financial Group has introduced the Principal Advisor Compensation Application to provide direct access to a consolidated and summarized view of compensation...

December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Josh Gotbaum, director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), told a Senate committee that the agency has been aggressive in its efforts...

December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Christian college in Virginia has lost its bid to challenge the health care reform law over whether the required coverage it calls...

December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An SEI Global Quick Poll released last month shows that the number of pension plans adopting liability driven investing (LDI)...