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Asset Managers Gear Up for DCIO Asset Fight

November 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Asset managers are adding staff and increasing budgets to capture share of the fast-growing defined contribution investment-only (DCIO) market, as the competition for...
Benefits |

Non-Profits Benefit from Entrepreneurship

November 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey reveals that nine in 10 (89%) entrepreneurs donate money, both personally and through their companies, to support charitable causes, and...
Products |

Group Maps Out Public Pension Changes

November 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Center for State and Local Government Excellence has unveiled a unique way to keep up with the changing landscape...

Compliance |

PBGC Sets New Interest Rate Assumptions

November 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOREurope.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has issued a final rule updating the benefit payments interest assumptions for terminated, single-employer plans for December...
Compliance |

Feds Ease HCR Grandfathering Rule

November 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Federal regulators on Monday amended health-care reform rules allowing all insured group health plans to keep their grandfathered status even if they change...
Compliance |

PBGC Reports $23B Deficit

November 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In FY 2010, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) took in $2.3 billion in premiums and had $7.8 billion in investment income (total...
Benefits |

Employers Still Struggling with Health Care Costs

November 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Companies are reprioritizing business objectives to limit their exposure to increasing costs associated with providing health-related benefits, according to new research.
Products |

MetLife Offers Strategies for Executive Benefits

November 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MetLife is offering a new resource that provides employers and brokers with practical strategies for developing more competitive benefits programs for highly compensated...
Benefits |

Companies Fretting about Brain Drain

November 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The loss of critical knowledge and shortage of skilled workers is employers' biggest concern related to the maturing workforce, according to a new...
Administration |

Asset Manager Compensation Rebounding

November 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Compensation in the asset management industry is rebounding after two difficult years, according to a review by Greenwich Associates and Johnson Associates.
Benefits |

A Rebuilding Year for DC Plans?

November 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just a year after a number of high-profile employers chose to suspend and/or eliminate their 401(k) matches, there was evidence...

Benefits |

401(k) Scorecard Shows Good News and Bad News

November 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bank of America Merrill Lynch "401(k) Contribution Activities Scorecard" for Q3 2010 found modest improvements in participants’ saving behavior, but also record...