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October 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In 2013, 19.7% of employees indicated they were on track to meet their income-replacement goal in retirement, up from 17.4% in 2012 and...

October 22, 2014 (PLANPSONSOR.com) - The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) has asked the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to reject staff appeals to investigate and...

October 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced a 1.7% benefit increase for 2015.

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – National Save for Retirement Week is an opportunity for retirement plan sponsors to get plan participants to focus on retirement savings issues.

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees can take small steps to boost their retirement savings, says ICMA-RC, a nonprofit independent financial services provider of retirement plans.

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If one of your retirement plan participants wanted to establish a drawdown strategy for retirement income, could she assemble an appropriate strategy using...

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The combined challenges of saving for retirement, paying for health care and keeping financial information safe online have many Americans worried, according to...

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Higher education institutions that offer a 403(b) or Roth 403(b) plan are adopting practices that lead to a greater focus on participants’ retirement...

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MassMutual’s retirement services group has added several members to its Taft-Hartley retirement plan client service team.

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The use of sustainability ratings can improve the risk-return ratio of investments in corporate bonds, according to Oekom Research’s new Corporate Bonds Study.

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half (56%) of American employees who receive benefits from their employers say the traditional, paper-driven open enrollment process to sign up...

October 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – After an especially quiet nine-month start for 2014, the first half of October saw a major upswing in 401(k) participant trading activity, according...

October 20, 2014 (PLANPSONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) issued guidance about the effect of pension funding relief passed earlier this year on certain reporting requirements.

October 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Some people contend that retirees fared better when most employer-sponsored retirement plans were defined benefit (DB) pensions, but a study suggests that is...

October 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investment firm Rebalance IRA found 46% of Baby Boomers polled believe they do not pay any fees at all in their retirement accounts.

October 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A study by Transamerica reveals positive news for retirement savings in America, but there’s still room for improvement.

October 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Lincoln Financial Group is providing educational materials for plan sponsors to use in connection with National Save for Retirement Week.

October 17, 2014 – (PLANSPONSOR.COM) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will pay retirement benefits for more than 4,500 current and future retirees at Reichhold Inc.

October 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal district court judge has found a participant in the UBS Savings and Investment Plan (SIP) lacks standing to sue regarding the...

October 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court announced early this month that it would review parts of an important 401(k) fee litigation case, Tibble v. Edison,...