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October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Half of those in a recent poll sponsored by higher education lender Sallie Mae who don’t participate in a 529 plan say they...

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workplace Options, provider of work-life benefits and employee support services, has introduced Workforce Advantage Absence Tracking.

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ConvergEx Group, a technology company providing services to asset managers and financial intermediaries, announced that Ronan Walsh has joined the firm’s Global Transition...

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) returns were nearly five times greater than those of the broader U.S. equity market in the first three...

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – St. Louis Post Dispatch LLC has to take a dispute over retiree health benefits to arbitration, a federal judge has ruled.

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Pennsylvania made a mistake when he threw out a 401(k) excessive fee case against Unisys Corporation and Fidelity Management...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $19 billion in August, according to Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Franklin Templeton has announced a series of changes to its Investment-Only (IO) team.

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A newly expanded Retirement Education Portal from the Principal Financial Group offers financial professionals access to an online library focused on retirement income...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Being financially stretched continues to be the number one reason for not contributing to employee-funded retirement plans, according to a recent survey.

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite proactive savings behaviors, 66% of boomers polled by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies said they are less confident in achieving a...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has assumed responsibility for the underfunded pension plan covering more than 780 former workers and retirees of...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At a time when U.S. pension plan funded positions have been battered by volatile equity markets and falling interest rates, many defined benefit...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar has revised its classification structure for global equities based on the market a company serves rather than the type of business it...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) and the Centre for Fiduciary Excellence (CEFEX) have announced changes to their service provider...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. announced that Tony Daniel will serve as regional vice president of sales for its private sector retirement plans business.

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said city pension funds have set unrealistically high assumed rates of return on investments, at 8%.

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Advancing its real estate restructuring plan, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced the consolidation of its entire core multifamily apartment portfolio...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Towers Watson survey found that a majority of workers (56%) would be willing to pay a higher amount from their paycheck to...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lincoln Financial has contracted with DST Retirement Solutions, a provider of retirement plan recordkeeping software, to enhance its recordkeeping and administrative services platform...