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September 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – BNY Mellon aims to help clients meet the impending GASB requirements with new financial and performance reporting solutions. 

September 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments announced the appointment of Jeffrey L. Gould as head of Putnam global institutional management to lead the firm's response to growing...

September 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The role of financial advisers in the portfolio construction and management process is a topic of ongoing debate, says financial research firm Cerulli...

September 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America announced an appointment to the newly created position of field director of retirement plan sales.

September 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A lawsuit brought by the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) against the three major ratings agencies has ultimately survived motions for dismissal.

September 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Respondents to a survey identified health as the most important factor for a happy retirement, and health care costs as their biggest concern,...

September 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released guidance relating to the defined benefit (DB) plan funding relief provided in legislation signed into law...

September 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Biggest financial worries: unemployment, student loans, and whether Social Security will be adequate. Here comes Generation Z.

September 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) — A number of states have moved to use their public retirement systems to offer retirement plans for private-sector workers.

September 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com)– BlackRock shuttered several funds in its exchange-traded fund (ETF) line, including 10 target-date ETFs.

September 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some retirement plan participants think the required minimum distribution (RMD) is a good guide for an appropriate withdrawal rate in retirement, research suggests.

September 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employer-sponsored health benefits are very similar in 2014 to what they were in 2013, according to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

September 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Early responses from a Mercer survey still in the field show employers are predicting that health benefit costs per employee will rise by...

September 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TIAA-CREF launched PlanFocus, a new website for retirement plan sponsors.

September 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published draft instructions for forms employers will use to submit information required by the Patient Protection and...

September 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A company CEO’s signature authority for payments from the company’s bank account may make him an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) fiduciary.

September 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because it did not appeal a decision allowing Visteon to terminate certain benefits, the UAW may not benefit from a decision made in...

September 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retail health insurance marketplaces, known as exchanges, are dramatically changing the employer benefits environment, according to a report from PwC’s Health Research Institute...

September 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Edmund F. Murphy III has been named president of Great-West Financial’s combined retirement organization, integrating the businesses of Great-West Financial, Putnam Investments and...

September 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The retirement and benefit consulting firm USI Consulting Group has begun offering retirement planning and consulting services that include guaranteed lifetime income solutions...