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Women in Pensions Network Board President Amy Glynn, of GRP Advisor Alliance, explains that “isolation is one of the biggest impediments to pension industry career advancement for women.”

The Board identifies pensions and other post-retirement benefits as an area of financial reporting in need of improvement.

“Taking into account the aging brain to help people make the right decisions at the right time is important,” says Fred Axsater with SSGA.

Lockton welcomes new chief compliance officer; EPIC Advisors acquires Actuarial Designs & Solutions; and Franklin Templeton adds new VPs of ETFs.

IRS is hosting a free webcast August 25 about the ongoing efforts of its Employee Plans Compliance Unit.

The firm has released a white paper describing how the solution helps employers curb health care costs.

Mercer experts reviewed open enrollment objectives and recent developments in the health care provider market during a webcast Thursday—suggesting open enrollment can also be a time to address...

The case calls out one fund in particular, which it says “was larded with high fees and has suffered from consistently abysmal performance.”

BMO Global Asset Management expands availability of stable value fund; American Funds offers new fixed income funds; and Franklin Templeton offers Global Macro Strategies Fund.

“This was the fourth quarter in a row where the 60/40 portfolio beat the median plan return,” says Robert Waid with Wilshire Associates.

Mercer reports the funded status of S&P 1500 DB plans increased 1% in July, while Wilshire says the funded status for S&P 500 plans gained 0.8%.

Mercer Complete Care helps employees understand their health benefits and make optimal provider choices, among other things.

More parents said they had money saved for their children’s college education than for their retirement, according to a new analysis of T. Rowe Price Survey data.

While some multiemployer plans are in poor shape financially, many more are doing just fine, according to an analysis from Segal Consulting. 

Although 59% of employees say benefits are “very important,” only 25% of them believe their employers’ health and wellness programs are effective, according to research by One Medical. 

Of this group, only 50% has started saving for retirement.

“Many companies now recognize captives’ importance as a tool in benefit cost management, by identifying and addressing the key cost drivers,” says Mark Cook, director at Willis Towers...

The IRS mails a compliance statement to plan sponsors that have entered a VCP submission after proposed corrections have been agreed upon.

A major obstacle to enrollment, according to DST Systems, is the perception that the process could be intimidating and time consuming. 

Allegations are similar to a number of other self-dealing lawsuits against fund managers this year.