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September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray announced that the $475-million settlement between the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) and Merrill Lynch has been finalized.

September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study shows that most workers do not understand their retirement savings plans as well as other employer-provided benefits.

September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - What was once the largest U.S. real estate deal ever may end up a multi-billion dollar boondoggle that may take millions in pension...

September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wilshire Consulting estimates that the funding ratio for all 104 city and county pension plans it researched was 81% in 2008, significantly lower...

September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Morningstar analysis gave Vanguard Target Retirement target-date funds the highest possible rating for its "best practices and low fees."

September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Multiemployer plan sponsors who want to revoke a prior Section 432 funding status election now have an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance document...

September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Westrock Asset Management announced the formation of a joint venture with Creighton Capital Management to offer a set of quantitative products to institutions...

September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J.P. Morgan has announced the formation of the Prime-Custody Solutions Group, a team responsible for delivering the firm's integrated prime brokerage and custody...

September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Rhode Island state judge has declared that the Providence Retirement Board can cut or reduce a retiring worker's pension under a law...

September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A North Hollywood, California, insurance marketing Web site has unveiled a new iPhone application on which users can calculate their necessary retirement savings...

September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Focus Retirement Plan Partners has announced an enhanced suite of retirement plan consulting services available to retirement plan sponsors and financial advisers serving...

September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal tax officials have put out a final rule (TD 9459) allowing government plans carrying out 401(a)(9) required minimum distributions to prove their...

September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stanford University faculty and staff will soon be making new decisions about their retirement savings as changes to the school's 403(b) plan will...

September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PIMCO has launched the PIMCO Real Income Funds, mutual funds designed to provide retirees a steady stream of monthly income that is hedged...

September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has named a new head for its Corporate & Institutional Services Business Unit (C & IS).

September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The equity markets may have been rosier during August, but that did not translate into an improved funded status for pension plans of...

September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - Hardcore Internet junkies in the U.S. now have their very own version of the Betty Ford clinic.

September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After six consecutive quarters of losses, the Callan DC Index posted a gain of 12.26% in the second quarter of 2009.

September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging a New York state teachers group breached its fiduciary duty by paying "kickbacks" to ING...

September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin's office has settled for $8 million with financial swindler Bernard Madoff's feeder fund Fairfield Greenwich Group, becoming...