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February 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Hartford Financial Services Group has launched a new search engine, which it says is designed to help financial advisers target potential sponsor...

February 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Robert L. Carroll has been promoted to divisional vice president, Eastern Division, of John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (RPS).

February 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Charlotte, North Carolina-based PlanTools has released the Client Resource  Center  (CRC) as part of its Risk  Management System.

February 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Invesco has launched a Web site featuring educational resources to meet the needs of U.S. defined contribution plan sponsors, consultants, recordkeepers, and advisers.

February 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Guggenheim Partners, LLC has worked out a deal to acquire Topeka, Kansas-based retirement services provider Security Benefit Corporation.

February 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The median plan in the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe posted a 3.3%-return for the fourth quarter of 2009, the third straight...

February 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Albany, New York-based Newkirk, a retirement plan communications provider, has unveiled a suite of retirement readiness communications and reports.

February 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Lobbyists would be barred from eligibility for a state pension under a new proposed bill by a New Jersey lawmaker.

February 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A former Dunkin’ Donuts executive charges in a lawsuit that the Canton, Massachusetts-based chain bad mouthed him to other potential employers to the...

February 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. has turned to Cain Hayes as senior vice president and chief sales officer for Nationwide Retirement Solutions (NRS), the...

February 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – VALIC has been selected by Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis, Inc. (CSD) as the exclusive 403(b) and 457(b) plan provider for...

February 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will hold two free half-day workshops next week.

February 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A plan sponsor charged with stealing from her company’s 401(k) plan has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.

February 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.K. Telecom giant BT has worked out a plan to plug a record £9 billion pension funding deficit over 17 years, and has...

February 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) has chopped in half a broad package of business incentives and aid for the jobless that included...

February 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has issued a model notice to help employers inform employees of opportunities for group health plan premium assistance...

February 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Chicago law firm has filed two stock drop suits against Motorola alleging the communications company caused large losses in its defined contribution...

February 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The two leaders of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee have released draft legislation they say will help create jobs that also includes pension...

February 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DoL) has posted on its Web site six EFAST2 user guides to assist with electronically filing Form 5500 for...

February 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two pension funds have filed a lawsuit accusing Morgan Stanley of overpaying its employees, calling the pay "unjust enrichment."