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April 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Under a settlement with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc. has made $207.5 million of additional contributions to its pension...

April 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Millennium Trust Company is offering an automated e-signature capability for its service agreement process.

April 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sponsors of both defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) retirement plans will need to review plan documents to ensure the definition of...

April 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Charles Schwab Investment Management introduced a new unit class for its Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Funds (SMRT Funds) with a lower 35-basis-point operating...

April 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A study by the National Association for Retirement Plan Participants (NARPP) finds a low level of financial literacy among retirement plan participants.

April 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Negotiators for Detroit’s two pension boards have agreed to limited retiree benefit reductions.

April 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Credit unions providing a 401(k) program to 100 employees or more can save money and streamline their administrative tasks by joining a new...

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Strong global equity market performance and higher liability discount rates worked wonders on the funded status of S&P 500 Index companies during 2013,...

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers aren't just looking for learned skills to perform job functions when scanning resumes, they are looking for clues about certain personality traits.

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The most effective way to increase participation in retirement plans is to provide all workers with access to one and automatically enroll them,...

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Without admitting any wrongdoing, ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated prohibited transaction rules of...

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new approach called “reference pricing” in health insurance may help control health costs, the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) contends.

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employees who invest in target-date funds (TDFs) through their employer-sponsored defined contribution (DC) plan feel more confident about meeting retirement goals, says a...

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A coalition of advocacy groups representing U.S. retirement plan service providers filed a detailed comment letter with the federal Office of Management and...

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Services Division of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company announced changes to its senior management team.

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Generation Y, or Millennial, workers are taking responsible actions for their financial future.

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More multiemployer pension plans have a favorable projected funding status for 2014.

April 15, 2014(PLANSPONSOR.com) – Deloitte and Penbridge Advisors have established a strategic alliance to provide sponsors of U.S. defined benefit pension plans with pension risk transfer (PRT) advisory...

April 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investment adviser Donald Gene DeWaay Jr., based in Johnston, Iowa, has paid $341,487 to 68 pension plans covered by the Employee Retirement Income...

April 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More investors are planning to spend their federal income tax refund on a vacation, says a new survey.