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September 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) has unveiled the Life and Disability Insurance Explorer an online educational tool using four questions...

September 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Some 72% of employers in a recent poll have adopted auto plan features, with 51% using auto enrollment and 71% deferring participants into...

September 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A survey conducted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) auditors finds the net impacts of key Affordable Care Act and other...

September 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Russell Investments announced three executive hires in its alternative investments area.

September 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Labor groups will be invited to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to talk about the shortfall in state employee pension plans that some...

September 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Hartford Mutual Funds has tapped Jeff Reiss as national sales manager.

September 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Hancock Financial Network (JHFN) has launched an effort to expand growth through its retirement planning platform and has hired industry veteran Bruce...

September 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Invesco PowerShares has entered into an agreement with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) for exclusive licensing to four indexes covering the financial...

September 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has ruled that parties in Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) benefit plan suits have limits on their pre-trial...

September 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Vanguard has introduced eight new index mutual funds and nine new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on S&P domestic stock benchmarks.

September 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The New Mexico State Investment Council has hired a Kansas pension fund official as the deputy state investment officer.

September 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Hewitt Associates has added Thomson Reuters Micromedex, an “evidence-based reference information for drug, disease, toxicology and patient education” to its clinical advocacy services.

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Far more organizations provide defined contribution retirement plan participants with general educational materials about the plan and about investing than provide participants with individual...

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research by Pyramis Global Advisors finds the financial crisis of 2008-2009 has refocused pension plans in North America, the U.K., and Northern...

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Mercer study found that 53% of employers surveyed predicted they will be able to keep grandfathered status for all their plans next...

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Callan Associates reports that the Callan DC Index’s second-quarter performance was its worst since the fourth quarter of 2008.

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc. has launched “Your Money Matters” on Facebook to share and explore retirement and personal finance issues and trends with...

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The City of Miami Fire Fighters’ and Police Officer’s Retirement Trust has responded to an auditor’s report saying that adequate internal controls were...

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Hewitt Associates study of the Roth 401(k) feature found that 29% of mid- to large-sized employers offer it and 25% are...

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Slumping stock markets and a decline in the discount rate for Aa corporate bonds in August combined to send the funded status of...