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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...

August 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The owner of a Maryland electrical contracting company pleaded guilty to falsifying plan documents to avoid making contributions to several employee benefits plans.

August 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Generation X workers face some formidable obstacles to achieving retirement readiness, according to Transamerica, but there is hope for the generation if aggressive...

August 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aon Hewitt is expanding the Aon Active Health Exchange to include more than just health care benefits.

August 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted revisions to rules governing the disclosure, reporting, and offering process for asset-backed securities (ABS), as well...

August 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fiduciary Management Associates (FMA) has added two senior investment professionals, John Nelson and Xiaoling Wang, to its investment research and analysis staff.

August 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Implementing an automatic rollover program can help retirement plan sponsors establish safe harbor individual retirement accounts (IRAs) for missing or non-responsive participants.

August 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Solicitor General has filed a brief asking the United States Supreme Court to review parts of a widely followed 401(k) fee...

August 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Women are showing more engagement in retirement savings plans than men, according to an analysis by MassMutual Retirement Services.

August 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A significant number of Americans find conversations about financial issues difficult, a survey finds.