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May 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Geographic trends can tell 401(k) plan sponsors where, and how, to target their messaging.

May 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – American's retirement readiness levels are not as bad as some predictions make them out to be, according to a Towers Watson report.

May 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While summer has traditionally been associated with rest and relaxation, many Americans now equate summer with financial stress, a survey finds.

May 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) is presenting a webinar next week about compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (or ACA)...

May 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final regulations about the taxation of retirement plan payments for accident, health and disability insurance.

May 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Retirement Advantage, Inc. (TRA), a third-party administrator (TPA), is restructuring how it serves clients.

May 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Caveats included in pension benefit statements provided by Ford Motor Company saved the company from liability in a recent court case.

May 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The majority of final Form 5500s reviewed during a recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) compliance assessment contained errors, many related to undistributed assets.

May 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – For first quarter 2014, target-date funds were muted in terms of performance amid healthy cash flows into the funds, says Ibbotson Associates Inc.

May 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Insurance provider Unum is offering tools to help employers make decisions about offering employees health care coverage.

May 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced safe harbor retirement plans can be amended mid-year for changes relating to language about same-gender marriages.

May 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Frequent trading by some 401(k) participants is eliciting a response from fund providers such as Vanguard and T. Rowe Price.

May 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Some plan sponsors are unsure about best practices for handling uncashed retirement plan benefit checks, but a new paper aims to help.

May 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Long-term funds netted $45.2 billion in April, bringing year-to-date intake to $176 billion.

May 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While offering lump-sum distribution windows to terminated, vested participants could reduce the liabilities of a defined benefit (DB) plan, some plan sponsors are...

May 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is slated to issue two proposals about other post-employment benefits (OPEBs).

May 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Buck Consultants predicts cost increases for medical plans will be lower in 2014.

May 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) issued a proposed Statement about accounting and financial reporting issues related to fair value measurements.

May 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The SVAnalyzer was created to evaluate 10 critical factors that can make it difficult to compare one stable value investment with another.

May 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Eagle Asset Management has initiated distribution of collective investment trusts (CITs).