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October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nineteen percent of individuals with a defined benefit pension plan who responded to Mercer’s recently released workplace survey are very confident they will...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Van Eck Global has launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) which seeks to give investors exposure to the equities of companies primarily engaged in...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –  A federal judge in Georgia has rejected claims SunTrust Banks breached its fiduciary duty by keeping company stock as an investment option in...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments reported a 20% increase over the past three years in the number of participants in its tax-exempt workplace savings plans, which...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Alabama Attorney General Troy King announced that the state's lawsuit against Nationwide Retirement Solutions has been settled for $16 million.

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new paper by MetLife entitled "Topics in Pension Risk Management: The Role of Partial Risk Transfer in a Dynamic Asset Allocation Strategy"...

October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ING Investment Management has reduced the expense ratios for the "I" shares of five of its actively managed fundamental equity funds, the company...

October 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans have a new online education resource: the Web site myNQDC.com.

October 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MetLife said its 8th Annual Employee Benefits Trends Study approximately one out of two Gen Y employees does not feel very confident about...

October 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study of global fund distribution features by Strategic Insight (SI) says the future holds a reduced number of blockbuster funds in...

October 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Diversified Investment Advisors has introduced a new in-plan investment option that guarantees income for life, while allowing retirement plan participants to participate in...

October 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Affiliated Computer Services has introduced My Medicare Advocate, a solution to assist retirees with Medicare choices.

October 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just over one in ten U.S. adults (13%) say the job market in their area of the country is good and two-thirds (66%)...

October 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has launched its Australian Investment Accounting platform, which provides a range of custody and fund accounting and administration services to superannuation...

October 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – OutsourceOne has launched BenefitReady, a new distribution platform for purchasing health insurance and other employee benefits.

October 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New Jersey Turnpike Authority has approved four measures to cut the cost of employees' pay and benefits.

October 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The excuses managers hear when employees miss work are sometimes good for a laugh and the latest CareerBuilder absenteeism poll offers its share...

October 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Some 27% of employers report seeing an increase in bogus sick excuses from employees because of continued stress and burnout caused by the...

October 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than half of those in a new survey say they are too worried and busy to take all their vacation days.

October 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Eighty percent of baby boomers surveyed in a poll commissioned by Humana indicated they have changed their retirement expectations, with 44% expecting to...