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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...

September 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Webster Financial Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the health savings account (HSA) business from JPMorgan Chase Bank.

September 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Andrew Daly joined investment management and processing firm SEI as a client investment strategist on the firm’s U.S. institutional advisory team.

September 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Making sure valuations are correct, addressing multiemployer plan problems and providing relief for closed plans were among suggestions made by witnesses for a...

September 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plans with more than 100 employees eligible to participate must include a plan audit with their annual Form 5500 filing to the...

September 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New legislation would create a permanent change in the way nondiscrimination regulations apply to certain defined benefit (DB) pension plans.

September 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has created a guide for retirement plan sponsor reporting and disclosure responsibilities.

September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final regulations for hybrid retirement plans.

September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Research from financial analytics firm Cerulli Associates shows more than one-fourth of 401(k) participants look to their plan’s recordkeeper as their primary source...

September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided rules for allocating pre-tax and after-tax amounts among distributions that are made to multiple destinations from...

September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The complexity of retirement plan laws and the volume of plan assets demand that more attention be given to retirement plans in company...

September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors can only do so much with plan design to maximize the value of their defined contribution (DC) plans.

September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing covered numerous retirement-related topics, including proposals to streamline plan-testing requirements and others that could radically change...

September 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – “If Congress enacts tax reform, pensions and savings laws will be modified,” contends Russell W. Sullivan, senior adviser, Federal Public Affairs, McGuireWoods Consulting.

September 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar Inc. introduced the industry's first strategic beta exchange-traded product (ETP) classification system, to help investors better identify, compare and analyze strategic beta...

September 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frederick A. Stewart has been hired as senior vice president for LCG Associates, Inc., a national investment consulting firm headquartered in Atlanta.

September 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – To let them choose or not to let them choose; that is the plan sponsor’s dilemma.

September 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wealth Management Systems Inc.(WMSI) announced today that Doug Perkins has joined the firm as information security officer.