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June 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The economic cost of maintaining liability for a defined benefit (DB) pension plan in May remained level at 108.7% of the same liability,...

June 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court this week ruled employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) fiduciaries are not entitled to a presumption of prudence for keeping...

June 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pam Popp will join Lockton as president of retirement services operation, effective September 2.

June 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) announced its proposed acquisition of the Frank Russell Company from Northwestern Mutual and other, minority shareholders.

June 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Same-gender couples with children are emerging leaders when it comes to family financial stability and successful long-term planning, according to a new analysis...

June 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than 80% of companies provide benefits to couples in same-gender marriages, civil unions or domestic partnerships, according to a survey from the...

June 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) — Half of defined contribution (DC) retirement plan participants intend to work in retirement, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSgA).

June 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Northern Trust Asset Management has named Mamadou-Abou Sarr as global head of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Asset Management.

June 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities fell for the second month in a row, according to Dietrich & Associates, Inc.’s Pension Risk...

June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Innovators Fund (EMIAX) will be available to retirement plans at the end of June.

June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nearly three-quarters of employees (71%) think financial wellness should be offered to them, according to a survey.

June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than three-quarters of small business employees who participate in their firms' 401(k) plans have well-constructed, appropriately diversified investment portfolios, according to Vanguard.

June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) Board of Trustees lowered the fund’s assumed rate of investment return to 7.5% from 8%.

June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Workplace benefits focus on older employees’ needs, even though Millennials exhibit the greatest number of financial challenges,...

June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court has decided fiduciaries of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) are not entitled to any special presumption of prudence under...

June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – OneAmerica will acquire City National Bank’s San Diego-based retirement services recordkeeping business.

June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BlackRock has added two new strategies to its series of LifePath target-date funds (TDFs) that apply principles from the firm’s latest research into...

June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sarah Coxe Lange has joined Pentegra Retirement Services as National Sales Director, Institutional Investments.

June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched its first exchange-traded fund (ETF), JPMorgan Diversified Return Global Equity.

June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators, Inc. (NAGDCA) has launched its newly redesigned website.