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September 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Outsized redemptions from PIMCO’s $221.6 billion flagship fund are a concern for retirement plan advisers, sponsors and participants.

September 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Retirement Advantage Inc. (TRA) has introduced a series of plan design solutions aimed at helping employers in various industries boost their employees’...

September 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – LPL Financial LLC is expanding its Worksite Financial Solutions platform to include workshops and webcasts developed and delivered by Financial Finesse’s team of financial...

September 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Workers in Generation Y want advice on budgeting, saving and how to manage student loan debt, says TIAA-CREF, but they aren’t necessarily eager...

September 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study finds many U.S. employers are replacing single, stand-alone investment options with multi-manager, “white-labeled” choices that can be easier for participants...

September 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TIAA-CREF launched the TIAA-CREF Lifecycle 2060 and Lifecycle Index 2060 Funds, as well as the TIAA-CREF Emerging Markets Debt Fund.

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) proposed a regulation that would require electronic filing of “top hat” plan...

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a notice regarding measurement methods for determining whether an employee is a full-time employee under the...

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than 87% of employers surveyed indicated they have taken at least one action to mitigate rising health care costs. 

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement savers are often presented with a simple message on portfolio allocations: rebalance regularly. But one investment provider wants you to...

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Twenty-eight percent of employers surveyed by Towers Watson said they had already extensively evaluated the viability of private exchanges for health care benefits.

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...