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September 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Long-term fund flows reached $59 billion in July worldwide, of which 90% went to fixed income products, according to Strategic Insight (SI).

September 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Prudential Retirement on Wednesday announced a reshuffling of its client-facing service personnel into 10 “key account” teams based in three U.S. regions.

September 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Social Investment Forum (SIF) is applauding the introduction of the Federal Employees Responsible Investment Act (FERIA), which allows federal employees to select a...

September 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Accounting measures of the liabilities of defined benefit (DB) pension plans in most developed economies have seen marked liability increases sparked by declining...

September 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Goldleaf Partners, a national retirement and employee benefits administration and consulting firm, has announced three executive appointments.

September 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Transamerica Retirement Services has hired Andrew Larsen as regional vice president in the company’s Southern Region.

September 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Morningstar has launched a new tool to help independent financial advisers create their own custom investment performance reports. 

September 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –The Hartford Mutual Funds has announced permanent mutual fund expense reductions for six fixed-income funds, effective November 1, 2010.  

September 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The post-retirement spend-down segment of retirement planning is experiencing a wave of innovations, according to a new collection of articles released by Mercer.

September 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Bonus payouts declined significantly for almost all management positions at architecture, engineering (A/E), and environmental consulting firms even though manager salaries remained steady...

September 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc., a third-party recordkeeping and administration company headquartered in Great Bend, Kansas, has released its Investment Fiduciary Protection Program...

September 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fifty-seven percent of money managers responding to a Russell Investments poll now believe the market to be undervalued.

September 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has received a new mandate to provide back-office services for ARGA Investment Management, LP, a Stamford, Connecticut-based global equity...

September 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Carrying the extra pounds is not only a major health hazard, but also can represent a big hit in the pocketbook, according to...

September 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Vanguard Group has added seven equity index funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on Russell domestic stock benchmarks.  

September 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The average IRA account balance in 2008 was $54,863, while the average IRA balance of all accounts from the same person combined totaled $69,498,...

September 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – DWS Investments, the U.S. retail unit of Deutsche Bank’s Asset Management division, has launched DWS Rollover Central, an online resource to help guide...

September 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Thomas Engelhard has joined Pentegra Retirement Services as Regional Director- Midwest.

September 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The University of Connecticut had the right to demote its former School of Engineering dean who repeatedly complained about school policies because the...

September 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Columbia Management announced the appointments of executives for its Institutional Defined Contribution – Investment Only (DCIO) business and its Consultant Relations efforts.