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October 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investment industry veteran Art Nunes and his Dynamic Investing Group have joined Northwest Asset Management.

October 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors returned to positive performance in the third quarter of 2010, with a median gain of 8%, according to...

October 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A provision of the new health care reform law requires employers to provide a place, other than a bathroom, for breastfeeding employees to...

October 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is moving to assume responsibility for the underfunded pension plan covering almost 2,000 workers and retirees of...

October 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Brazilian court ruled this week that McDonald's must pay a former franchise manager $17,500 because he gained 65 pounds while working there.

October 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nearly half of individuals surveyed by The Hartford said retirement benefits are more important now than before the start of the recession.

October 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled that a state law requiring public funds to divest holdings from companies doing business with Sudan...

October 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Eighty-five percent of retirees recently polled said there should be no mandatory retirement age.

According to a press release, the free toolkit is designed to “assist and educate employers who have made the proactive decision to include veterans and wounded warriors in...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Maxwell House Coffee Division of Kraft Foods Global is being sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for inequitably disciplining, then...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Ascensus has partnered with Mesirow Financial’s Investment Strategies Group to deliver investment fiduciary protection to plan sponsors.

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a list of additional employers and unions accepted into the Affordable Care...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lincoln Financial Group announced that Donna MacFarland has joined the company as Marketing Director for the Defined Contribution business.

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Investment Company Institute (ICI) and the American Benefits Council (ABC) have requested immediate guidance on section 2112 of the Small Business Jobs...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Thursday announced that the 2011 deferral limit for 401(k), 403(b) or 457(b) plans and the federal government’s...