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July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The $476.8 billion in public and private defined benefit (DB) pension plan payments in 2012 supported $943.3 billion dollars in overall economic output...

July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Interest in specific investment outcomes is likely to drive continued institutional exchange-traded fund (ETF) adoption, according to Cerulli Associates.

July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many recent retirees with 401(k) accounts or rollover IRAs are doing well financially and emotionally, according to a survey about retirement spending.

July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors have a whole spectrum of options for offloading pension risk, says Wayne Daniel, head of U.S. Pensions at MetLIfe, including the...

July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There is a spectrum of de-risking strategies defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors can use.

July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a federal court ruling that one company’s collectively bargained retiree...

July 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – American Century Emerging Markets Debt, American Century Strategic Income and American Century Short Duration Strategic Income were rolled out by American Century Investments.

July 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A lack of information and consistent standards makes it difficult for 401(k) plan sponsors to gauge whether managed account services truly benefit participants...

July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Annual filings always bring a swirl of activity, and July 31 is no different. It also brings a cloud of confusion for plan...

July 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is taking over the pension plans sponsored by the estate of a businessman whose business activities were...

July 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Financial worries are keeping people up at night, according to a Harris Poll.

July 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Market corrections are notoriously difficult—many say impossible—to predict, but that doesn’t mean investors should abandon the idea of preparing in advance for the...

July 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Even when Americans are away from work, they are thinking about work, says a recent poll from employment services provider Randstad.

July 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will conduct a webcast for small businesses and their retirement benefit services providers on...

July 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement plan sponsors may want to offer so-called responsible investment options in their plans, but may have some concerns.

July 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Social Security Board of Trustees reports the combined asset reserves of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Trust Funds...

July 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Using health savings accounts (HSAs) can boost savings for medical expenses in retirement as well as save employees tax dollars now.

July 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nyhart Actuary and Employee Benefits has opened a new sales and consulting office in Denver.

July 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment returns at private foundations rose to an average of 15.6% in 2013 – the second-straight year of double-digit average returns.

July 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Penbridge Advisors and P-Solve have formed a strategic alliance that will allow sponsors of defined benefit (DB) plans to integrate pension risk transfer...