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July 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers may be feeling a little less stressed about health care reform, but that’s not because it’s no longer a priority.

July 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While funding of defined benefit (DB) pension plans improved in 2013, funding for other post-employment benefits (OPEB) has not fared as well, says...

July 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. companies surveyed ranked controlling benefit costs as their largest overall business challenge, and 42% identified reducing or containing health care spend as...

July 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Visteon Corporation, a global automotive supplier, will purchase a group annuity contract covering approximately one-third of its U.S. pension liability.

July 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA) encourages plan sponsors to take steps to provide lifetime income solutions to their retirement plan participants...

July 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Research from the Vanguard Group finds there are differences in defined contribution (DC) retirement plan account balances across racial and ethnic groups.

July 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of Americans older than 70 polled for a recent survey say they are either unprepared financially for retirement or they do...

July 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Long-term funds netted $47 billion in June, increasing the year-to-date inflows to $266 billion, according to Strategic Insight (SI).

July 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appeals court has revived a stock drop case, filed against oil company BP Plc, based on a new precedent set by...

July 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The employer-sponsored retirement benefits landscape is changing and PwC suggests “new paternalism” may be the answer to helping employers achieve retirement savings success.

July 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prudential’s study on the financial experience of women shows a bumpy road with some steps forward and some back, five years after the...

July 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR) – Prudential Investment Management has named Michael Schlachter as the head of its multi-asset class solutions group.

July 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fifty-five percent of retirement plan participants favor automatic annual increases to their account contributions.

July 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Rocaton Investment Advisors, LLC has adopted RiskFirst’s PFaroe web-based platform to help clients better analyze and manage pension plan risk.

July 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Several proposed tax reforms would restructure how retirement vehicles are taxed and could negatively impact retirement plans in a number of ways.

July 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Misconceptions about automatic features in retirement plans are passed around like fruitcakes: Stephen Moser’s white paper might clear up some of the confusion.

July 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pinnacle Plan Design hired Lauren Okum as a consulting actuary.

July 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prudential Fixed Income expanded its emerging markets team with the hiring of Matthew C. Duda.

July 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – People are more connected to their smartphones and other mobile technology than ever, ranking them as important as their toothbrushes and deodorant.

July 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The two largest public pension funds in the U.S. have reported fiscal year returns of more than 18%, in part due to strong...