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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.

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - QVC employees fired over alleged irregularities in their 401(k) withdrawals are complaining they were treated unfairly and that they were driven to seek...

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - July was the fourth consecutive month in which long-term fund flows equaled or surpassed $50 billion, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset International...

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Overall, 65% of the over 400 stock plan administrators in U.S. public companies surveyed said that an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) was...

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Bank Healthcare Payment Solutions has partnered with WebMD, provider of online health information, to offer its U.S. Bank Health Savings Account (HSA)...

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A retirement plan trustee was entitled to invoke safe-harbor protection against fiduciary breach allegations leveled by two 401(k) participants in connection with wrongdoing...

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has reached an agreement with Western Union Financial Services Inc. of Englewood, Colorado, to strengthen funding of...

IRS Launches Multimedia Help on ARRA Nevin E. Adams

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), long an iconic measure of the stock market's performance, may soon have a new name.

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued regulations requiring providers, health plans and other entities covered by the Health...

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New regulations requiring health care providers, health plans, and other entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to notify...

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A retirement plan trustee was protected by ERISA's 404(c) safe harbor shield against a lawsuit by two 401(k) participants in connection with wrongdoing...

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the availability of video and audio products to help taxpayers take "full advantage of the 2009...

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Reuters report, quoting anonymous sources, says Morgan Stanley is considering a deal for its Van Kampen Investments Unit as part of a...

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report finds that national reforms that slow health care cost increases by 1% to 1.5% per year would yield what the...

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AT&T discriminated against older workers by refusing to rehire them because they had retired early under a company early retirement offering, a new...

August 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With a new flu season looming, government officials are asking employers to let sick and at-risk employees stay home.

August 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New data released from Fidelity Investments shows that whether an investor is a pessimist or optimist may also indicate how prepared he or...

August 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - That's what employers want Washington to do to promote Americans' retirement security, according to a recent report.

August 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has brought forth enough evidence that...