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September 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Falling interest rates precipitated by geopolitical tensions led to higher liabilities and a lower funded status for the typical U.S. corporate pension plan...

September 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate funded ratio for U.S. corporate pension plans fell to 85.5% for the month of August 2014, according to Wilshire Consulting.

September 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The rule for who is eligible to diversify company stock holdings in a retirement plan is simple, but examining the criteria for eligibility...

September 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Financial has completed its acquisition of the J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services large-market recordkeeping business.

September 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pentegra Retirement Services introduced the “Pentegra SmartPath,” a new brochure which details recommended progressive 401(k) plan design best practices.

September 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thomson Reuters launched a suite of indices to measure the performance of European companies with superior ratings for environmental, social and corporate governance...

September 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual has named Aruna Hobbs as head of institutional investments for retirement plans.

September 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will pay retirement benefits for workers covered by a plan sponsored by the Los Angeles Urban League...

September 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Krieg has been appointed global head of institutional distribution at Northern Trust Asset Management.

September 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Safe harbor 401(k) plans require an initial plan year at least three months long, making October 1 the effective deadline for establishing a...

September 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Among approximately 75 large employers, nearly one-quarter (24%) are currently using a white label approach to naming defined contribution (DC) plan investment options,...

September 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – As companies froze or closed their qualified defined benefit (DB) plans, they often did the same with their DB plans for executives.

September 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Moira Hagy has joined Assurance Financial Services’ retirement plan services team as a vice president.

September 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement plan investment adviser Plan Strategies, Inc. (PSI) launched three portfolio allocation offerings.

September 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service is holding a “Retirement Plan Hot Topics” webinar September 11.

September 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – PSA Insurance & Financial Services Inc. has established a strategic partnership with The PFE Group that unites the companies' fiduciary consulting practices.

August 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The retirement plan industry today is vastly different from that of 1974, when the Employee Retirement Income Security Act was passed.

August 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – September 2nd marks 40 years since the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) became law, and one expert says it’s high time to...

August 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution plan sponsors may find it challenging to get employees to engage in retirement saving and planning, but there are ways to...

August 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal bankruptcy judge has affirmed the denial of recovery claims from retirement plan participants who indirectly invested in the now-infamous Bernie Madoff...