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April 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Russell Investments has hired Ken O’Keeffe to support the firm’s index-licensing business for exchange traded funds (ETFs), the company announced.

April 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – One-in-ten employers say they have added environmentally-focused positions in the last 12 months and nearly 10% plan to add more in 2010.

April 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey from Buck Consultants shows that the number of U.S. employers with formal “green workplace” programs rose last year, and many...

April 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new guide designed to help employers improve the delivery of child and adolescent behavioral services, and provide services for family caregivers is...

April 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer has launched an online retirement planning education campaign for participants in 401(k) plans it administers.

April 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Life Investments has announced the launch of Stable Value Investments (SVI), a new unit that will create and distribute proprietary fixed...

April 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Research by Towers Watson finds that 53% of U.K. respondents say the economic events of the past 12 months have had no effect...

April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. has launched a valuation services business that values privately-owned firms and securities for purposes such as the sale of a business,...

April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oklahoma GOP state legislative leaders have announced they will file a lawsuit challenging the new health care reform law.

April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Transamerica Retirement Services has promoted Luke Szafranski to Regional Vice President in the company’s Central Region.

April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Louisiana House of Representatives has decided that elected officials and public employees who commit crimes and serve time in prison still should...

April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Transamerica Retirement Services has hired Matthew Anderson as Third Party Administrator Development Manager for the Central Region.

April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Putnam Investments has announced two portfolio manager appointments.

April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The aggregate funding ratio for corporate pension plans increased from 80.2% to 83.4% and the -$217.9 billion deficit at the beginning of 2009...

April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Results of the 2010 UBA Employer Opinion Survey indicate that nearly all (99.4%) top decision makers are concerned with the impact health care...

April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Four large U.S. insurers have announced they will voluntarily allow college students to stay on their parents' health coverage past graduation before being...

April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The new Participant Education Planning Tool from the Principal Financial Group gives financial professionals access to a library of education plans and materials...

April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Charles Schwab Corporation has agreed to pay $200 million to settle federal securities law claims in a civil class action lawsuit related to...

April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Transamerica Retirement Services has hired Michael Hammerschmidt as Regional Vice President for the Northeast Region.

April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report from Hewitt Associates suggests workers were able to recover a significant portion of the losses they sustained in 2008 simply...