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March 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average 65-year-old couple needs an estimated $215,000 to cover health care costs in retirement, which is $15,000 greater than the amount Fidelity...

March 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A government survey of federal employees found that they generally believe they are well managed, have jobs they like and are highly motivated...

March 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kenneth Fox wanted to be able to work through his lunch breaks as a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee.

March 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Teenagers expect or want financial independence, but their knowledge of financial matters falls short of what they need to know to be successful...

March 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Canadian survey by ACS/Buck indicates continued double-digit cost increases in 2007 for prescription drugs, medical plans, and hospital coverage in that...

March 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just over half the adult workers in a recent survey rate the U.S. as being unprepared to compete equally in a global economy...

March 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Believe it or not, more than a quarter (29%) of U.S. households not only have no Internet access - they do not plan...

March 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former store room clerk for a Florida company has sued his ex-employer for gender discrimination for not requiring women to lift heavy...

March 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The College Savings Plans Network (CSPN), which represents 529 college savings plans, has revamped its Web site - CollegeSavings.org - to make finding...

March 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Watson Wyatt has settled a lawsuit relating to actuarial services, paying $110 million to the trustees of the Iron Workers, Local No. 25...

March 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer Global Investments (MGI) has launched a Liability-Driven Investing (LDI) program for defined benefit pension clients, the company has announced.

March 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A team of four senior investment managers, including the Chief Investment Officer for INVESCO Worldwide Fixed Income group, has left to join Deutsche...

March 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The new breed of hedge funds tend to be more volatile than their older and larger counterparts, but are generating greater monthly returns,...

March 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lifecycle funds came out ahead of balanced funds, according to a recent comparison of the two by Watson Wyatt Worldwide, because the lifecycle...

March 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thirty percent of UK pension funds reallocated more than 5% of their investment portfolio in 2006, with the property sector coming out as...

March 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northwest Airlines can take another step toward exiting bankruptcy - once it revises its disclosure to creditors.

March 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees suing a Houston energy company over age discrimination allegations regarding its cash balance plan won one issue but lost another in a...

March 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ninety percent of retirement plan intermediaries said they will have signed Information Sharing Agreements with their largest mutual fund trading partners in time...

March 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey found workers in the U.S. looking to change careers are motivated by desire for a job they are passionate about...

March 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifty-seven percent of Americans have discussed savings or savings goals with their spouse or partner and 43% have discussed retirement goals, according to...