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September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve a revised collection of information under...

September 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Bill Gross, PIMCO’s founder and CIO, caused serious waves in the investment industry when he announced his decision to join Janus Capital Group.

September 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Renowned fixed-income manager William H. Gross is leaving PIMCO, the company he co-founded, to join Janus Capital Group.

September 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Some subsets of Millennial investors are just as likely as their parents to seek professional financial advice, according to new research from Phoenix...

September 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent survey of investment consultants, conducted by Cerulli Associates, shows that they are actively increasing U.S. institutional investors’ level of exposure to...

September 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investment management firm AllianceBernstein L.P. announced three new hires to its defined contribution team.

September 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has $88 million more in its investment portfolio thanks to a payment received as part of...

September 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total U.S. retirement assets reached $24 trillion as of June 30, up 2.8% from $23.4 trillion measured on March 31.

September 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has added to the list of events for which employer health plan participants can change their coverage election...

September 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Motorola Solutions, Inc. has reached an agreement with The Prudential Insurance Company of America under which Prudential will assume responsibility for the monthly...

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Kris Krikorian joined Pentegra Retirement Services as a regional director for qualified plan sales.

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employees and human resources (HR) staff have different perceptions of the resources in benefits information their firms offer.

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The time employers have to manage costs of their health programs to avoid an excise tax in 2018 is getting shorter, and Towers...

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investors deem caution towards the stock market as wise, and Social Security is key to retirement confidence, according to the latest Wells Fargo/Gallup...

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Kenneth Powell has joined the HR and benefits solutions firm Ascende as a compliance consultant.

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will pay retirement benefits for nearly 2,000 current and future retirees of James River Coal Company.

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sponsors of hybrid retirement plans for employees now have clarity about how to credit interest to these plans.

September 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new strategy outline issued by the American Benefits Council (ABC) suggests the advocacy group will work to achieve public policy reform that...

September 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Center for Retirement Research (CRR) at Boston College has released a booklet explaining ways retirement savers can use home equity to achieve...

September 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight in 10 U.S. workers believe defined contribution (DC) plans are an effective way to save for retirement, a LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute...