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February 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fewer than one in three Americans expect they will ever be able to fully retire, according to a new study commissioned by Scottrade.

February 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Robert J. Callanan, Jr. has been named a Managing Director at UBS.

February 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on the economic downturn's effect on retirement security, particularly for those who are...

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Justices at Missouri's Supreme Court have opened the state's worker's compensation system to a group of workers formerly excluded by a definition of...

February 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senators Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina), Chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, and Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education,...

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Labor shows that employer contributions to retirement benefits for public school teachers in 2008 were...

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey by the Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH) finds employer support for non-payment of "never events" -preventable hospital errors and...

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forward Management, LLC, investment advisor to the Forward Funds, will add the Kensington Funds from the Kensington Investment Group, Inc. to the Forward...

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Findings of a joint survey by Symantec Corp. and the Ponemon Institute revealed 59% of employees who lost or left a job in...

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge gave Delphi Corp. permission to cut health care and insurance benefits for about 15,000 white-collar retirees.

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A representative of several business groups testified before a state legislative committee Tuesday to oppose a proposal for the state of Connecticut to...

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - I recently celebrated another birthday.

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday published final rules relating to automatic contribution arrangements to reflect provisions of the Pension Protection Act and...

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TIAA-CREF announced the appointment of Brandon Becker as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer.

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While participants realize their retirement savings has taken a hit with the market downturn of the past year, they may not know just...

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation has a new Secretary of Labor.

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Smith Barney has added the PLANSPONSOR Retirement Professional ("PRP") designation to the list of the firm's approved designations for Financial Advisors.

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While individuals speaking during the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee's hearing on "Strengthening Worker Retirement Security" described the nation's retirement system as...

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Documents regarding the COBRA subsidy included in the newly passed stimulus bill are now on the Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration's...

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Transamerica Retirement Services has launched a program to help retirement plan participants weather the financial storm, create a successful investment plan, and regain...