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June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The effectiveness of indexing as an investment strategy has clearly taken hold in the industry, as evidenced by the difference in cash flows...

June 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study of 401(k) plans shows that more than 50,000 of them failed nondiscrimination testing for the 2012 plan year.

June 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -- One lesson Stuart Ritter, of T. Rowe Price Investment Services, strives to impress on the public is that $25,000 saved and $25,000 borrowed...

June 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report finds that Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premium increases would negatively impact the defined benefit (DB) pension system.

June 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey by CareerBuilder shows a quick way for a boss to lose an employee's trust is by assigning the employee tasks...

June 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Generations X and Y K-12 educators would prefer to learn about financial planning issues at work, and there are certain areas in which...

June 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors should understand how investor risk tolerance is affected by market performance, and help participants focus on the long-term goals of investing,...

June 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Transamerica offers the Retirement Plan Exchange, designed to reduce administrative burdens on plan sponsors.

June 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Social Security Administration (SSA) has published new instructions that allow the agency to process more claims in which entitlement or eligibility is...

June 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Edward Jones surveyed adults on the planning activities they spend the most time on: retirement, vacation, higher...

June 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new analysis from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) shows preretirement 401(k) account withdrawals often have a negative impact on long-term wealth...

June 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) is looking at expanding the protections of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to cover eligible employees...

June 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than eight in 10 Americans (83%) are optimistic about their financial future, says a new survey from Lincoln Financial Group.

June 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – TL Ventures Inc. has settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a case involving pay-to-play rules for investment advisers.

June 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the largest defined benefit (DB) plans in the United States decreased in May, according to data from consulting and...

June 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New Jersey’s Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) has decided to take the state’s governor to court to stop reductions in pension payments.

June 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Women are narrowing the gap between their financial literacy and that of their male counterparts, Financial Finesse finds.

June 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There is something of a contradiction at the heart of many prepackaged target-date fund (TDF) solutions, says Tara Mashack-Behney, partner and president of...

June 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor’s (DOL) ERISA Advisory Council is examining practices for outsourcing employee benefit plan services.

June 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Asset International, the parent company of PLANSPONSOR and PLANADVISER, has been acquired by middle market private equity firm Genstar Capital.