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Products | July 15th, 2010

Diversified Offers Mobile Site Access

July 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Diversified Investment Advisors has introduced Diversified Direct Mobile that allows participants to monitor their accounts from their mobile devices.

Investing | July 15th, 2010

ETFs See $34B Inflow through June

July 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - June marked the fifth consecutive month of inflows for U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs), Morningstar reported.

Investing | July 15th, 2010

Bond Funds Dominate Mutual Fund Inflows through June

July 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Flows into U.S. mutual funds reached $13.5 billion in June, according to data from Morningstar.

Administration | July 15th, 2010

Oregon Sues Countrywide over Pension Fund Losses

July 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oregon Treasurer Ted Wheeler and Attorney General John Kroger announced they are suing Countrywide Financial Corp. of Delaware and its underwriters for misleading...

Benefits | July 15th, 2010

Novartis Agrees to $175M Gender Bias Settlement

July 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. has agreed to settle the remainder of gender bias claims brought by women field representatives for $175 million, according...

Benefits | July 15th, 2010

MO Lawmakers Give Final Approval to Pension Reform

July 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to legislation requiring new state workers to contribute toward their pensions and to stay on the job...

Compliance | July 15th, 2010

BREAKING NEWS: DoL Issues New Rules on Fee Disclosure

July 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – After months of anticipation, the Department of Labor has finally released its interim final rule on fee disclosure.

Products | July 15th, 2010

Dow Jones Announces Launch of Long-Term Inflation Indexes

July 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dow Jones Indexes has announced the launch of the Dow Jones Long-Term Inflation Indexes.

Investing | July 15th, 2010

Strategic Insight Sees More Growth for Bond and Alternative Investments

July 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. investors put $176 billion into stock and bond mutual funds (excluding ETFs) in the first half of 2010, according to Strategic Insight...

Deals and People | July 15th, 2010

CAPTRUST Extends its Presence in the Lone Star State

July 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – CAPTRUST Financial Advisors has expanded its new Texas presence with a Fidelity hire.

Administration | July 14th, 2010

SEC Wants to Take Another Look at US Proxy System

July 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking a fresh look at the U.S. proxy system, and asking if rule revisions...

Products | July 14th, 2010

LPL Acquiring NRP

July 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –LPL Financial Corporation is acquiring National Retirement Partners Inc. (NRP).

Investing | July 14th, 2010

ETF Assets Fall in June

July 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street’s latest ETF Snapshot reveals assets in the U.S. exchange traded fund (ETF) industry totaled approximately $772 billion as of June 30...

Products | July 14th, 2010

Hartford Cuts Funds’ Expense Ratios

July 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Hartford Mutual Funds has announced permanent fund expense reductions, effective July 1, 2010, on 36 funds covering institutional and retirement share...

Benefits | July 14th, 2010

Vanguard Touts Auto Design Advantages

July 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – About a quarter of eligible defined contribution plans recordkept at the Vanguard Group are using Vanguard’s auto plan design, up from only...

Administration | July 14th, 2010

CFOs Looking for a “Softer” Side in Staff

July 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As CFOs and their staff become more engaged in organizational decisionmaking, soft skills such as critical thinking and communication are increasingly important, new research...

Products | July 14th, 2010

Milliman Updates Financial Projection Software

July 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Milliman has announced a new release of its MG-ALFA financial projection software, MG-ALFA 7.0.

Benefits | July 14th, 2010

Valued Work Environment Traits Similar among Generations

July 14, 2010 (PLANSONSOR.com) – While many surveys focus on the differences between generations in the workforce, a recent survey found similarities.

Products | July 14th, 2010

CalSTRS Chooses BrightScope Benchmark for Target-Dates

July 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has chosen the BrightScope On Target Index to benchmark its target-date portfolios, and analyze the CalSTRS...

Administration | July 14th, 2010

Funding Drop Erases Pensions’ Recovery

July 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After three consecutive quarters of improvement, a new analysis from Hewitt Associates found that significant decreases in global equity markets and interest rates...