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November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual's Retirement Services Division recently introduced an enhanced system for third-party administrators (TPAs) that automates and simplifies plan document processing.

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Companies of OneAmerica have launched Premier Trust, targeting plans with assets of $5 million and above.

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments and the Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds announced that the total expense ratios across its four Absolute Return Funds...

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued trustee Colette Mordo for alleged misuse of more than $4.6 million in plan assets of the...

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pulse Logic has released the results of the second of two studies on third-party administrators, designed to establish performance benchmarks and best practices.

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration announced that the owner of Philadelphia Pension Planning Corp. was sentenced to 15 months...

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Julie Costello, third-party administration (TPA) relationship manager for the west region.

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Michael Fennessy as regional sales director for Los Angeles.

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research has introduced the Global Financial Stress Index (GFSI), a cross-market gauge of risk, hedging demand and investment flows.

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J.P. Morgan Funds, the mutual fund arm of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, has announced that its J.P. Morgan Insights podcasts are now available...

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – AllianceBernstein has launched Secure Retirement Strategies (SRS), a target-date solution that provides guaranteed lifetime retirement income to participants of large defined contribution (DC)...

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING's U.S. Employee Benefits division announced it will expand its marketing activities to capture more voluntary employee benefits business.

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of South Dakota has launched a new Web site to provide residents and employers with information about provisions in the federal...

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Federal regulators on Monday released a long-awaited rule to require more disclosures about target-date funds.

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IESI LA Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IESI Corpora­tion, a national waste removal firm, will pay $95,000 to settle a disability discrimination suit...

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Business groups are hopeful that the results of the recent election will mean an opportunity for improvement in the national health reform law.

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – On Friday the IRS issued Notice 2010-84, containing guidance for 401(k) and 403(b) plans about in-plan Roth rollovers. 

 

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – On Friday the Internal Revenue Service provided some additional guidance on funding relief for multiemployer plans. 

November 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell signed 22 bills into law this week, including one dealing with pension reform. 

November 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Highway Patrol Retirement System of Ohio has issued a request for proposal (RFP).