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August 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a letter to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) from the Segal Company in response to GASB's call for public comment about...

August 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Private pension systems in other countries may offer an illuminating glimpse into potential plan design and operations that could help current problems afflicting...

August 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced the settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit against the St. Louis Rams, the city's...

August 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The San Diego County Employees Retirement Association board has approved a compensation plan that could top $1.4 million a year for an outside...

August 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a new report, Mercer suggests plan sponsors may want to prepare for the possibility of retirement plan limits dropping for 2010.

August 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tomorrow HSBC will launch the HSBC FTSE 100 ETF, the bank's first European Exchange Traded Fund (ETF).

August 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Brookline, Massachusetts-based company focused on stock compensation is now offering a new tool for those with underwater stock options.

August 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal district court has reversed course on Unum Group over its denial of long-term disability benefits.

August 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aon Consulting Worldwide has appointed Martha Spano as a senior vice president and Central West coast regional leader for Aon Investment Consulting in...

August 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge's signature approving a $17-million settlement in a stock drop case against UnitedHealth Group has resolved the final piece of litigation...

August 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Segal Company survey finds that state and local governments have responded to the recession by changing hiring and pay practices rather than...

August 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eric Henry, executive director and chief investment officer for the Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS), has resigned from his position to pursue another...

Despite the range and variety of target-date funds now available in the market, only a few have found real success.

Plan sponsors are increasingly focused on fees - how they can impact net returns, and the implications of a heightened regulatory emphasis on fuller participant disclosures and communication.

Many plan sponsors, worried about poor diversification within their plans, are considering re-enrolling some or all of their participants into a new portfolio strategy with the right to...

Despite not qualifying as a "long-term" solution under the final qualified default investment alternative (QDIA) regulations, capital preservation funds remain a popular default choice for many plan sponsors.

Asked if their recordkeeper offered the most appropriate target-date solution for their participants, more than a third of plan sponsor respondents to PLANSPONSOR's 2008 Defined Contribution Survey said...

Some have argued that target-date funds do not accurately estimate individuals' income needs as they switch from the accumulation phase of their working years to the distribution of...

Some glide paths treat their target dates as an end point for their participants' plans, while for others it signals one more transition within the fund.

A number of asset allocation alternatives have seen the growing importance of exchange-traded funds and collective funds in today's market.