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July 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The cost of generating retirement income increased over the last year, according to a new BlackRock analysis, but market gains have helped retirement...

July 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The addition of a Roth savings feature to defined contribution plans is becoming more popular.

July 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New York Life Retirement Plan Services has released an interactive Retirement Readiness Dashboard to help 401(k) plan sponsors and plan advisers better gauge...

July 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – “You can’t guarantee yourself a win,” says employee benefits lawyer David Weiner, describing claims appeals and litigation involving missing retirement plan participants, “but...

July 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trading activity in defined contribution plans in June continued to be light—marking the second lowest monthly level since Aon Hewitt began tracking participant...

July 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thirty-seven percent of health care organization plan sponsors offer a defined benefit (DB) plan.

July 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers seeking to better manage health care costs and benefits are offering employees more choice and ownership for their health care.

July 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) wants to ensure that plan fiduciaries fully understand fee information they receive.

July 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An investigation by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently identified questionable practices of companies that offer retirees pension advances.

July 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Transamerica Retirement Solutions has named Bill Feldmaier as division vice president for the company’s central region retirement plan sales.

July 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has moved back the date of a phone forum on same-gender couples and retirement plans to July 17.

July 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Consumers, including those who currently have health savings accounts (HSAs), do not fully understand them, a survey indicates.

July 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation announced a moratorium, until the end of 2014, on the enforcement of 4062(e) cases.

July 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Towers Watson Pension Index shows a 1.2% increase in the funded status of defined benefit (DB) plans during June, resulting in an...

July 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funding for defined benefit (DB) retirement plans sponsored by Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 1500 companies showed a slight improvement during June, according...

July 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Rolling assets out of a plan is a broad area that affects plan advisers, consultants, participants and fiduciaries in 401(k) plans, says Jerry...

July 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Evanston Capital Management has released its Evanston Alternative Opportunities Fund.

July 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – American National Bank of Texas (ANB) has teamed up with several firms to offer a retirement plan services solution known as the Select...

July 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A majority of Americans lack confidence in their ability to manage personal financial issues, with more than a quarter (26%) wishing they didn’t...

July 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The companies of OneAmerica have launched OneCheck, a set of retirement plan health monitoring tools and reports for participants and sponsors.