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April 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More companies are moving towards a defined contribution (DC) model for employee health benefits, a study finds.

April 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) — Retirement plan participants are showing strong interest in target-date strategies, but one provider says retirement investors should stick to the most conservative approaches.

April 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Financial services provider TIAA-CREF announced an agreement to acquire Nuveen Investments, a diversified investment management company.

April 14 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Multinational employers that sponsor non-U.S. retirement plans may have new requirements under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).

April 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Results from the Charles Schwab Money Myths survey show a prevailing sense of overconfidence and unfounded optimism among U.S. workers planning for finances...

April 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Like a smooth-running watch, Switzerland’s retirement system is keeping pace with retirees’ expectations and needs, suggests the 2014 Global Retirement Index.

April 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Coalition to Preserve Retirement sent an open letter to Representative David Camp, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, pushing...

April 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Americans can be passive about financial education and financial literacy, which can negatively impact their chances for living a comfortable retirement, a new...

April 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C., recommends adding a label to retirement plan communications for participants.

April 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Recent research by investment management firm Vanguard indicates trading by participants of defined contribution (DC) plans has decreased by half over the last...

April 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) recently proposed rules about the treatment of rollovers from defined contribution (DC) plans to defined benefit plans...

April 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Aon Hewitt is partnering with financial software provider HelloWallet to bring more robust financial wellness services to its U.S. clients.

April 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution (DC) plans are increasingly adopting practices similar to defined benefit (DB) plans to improve participant outcomes, including automatic enrollment and

April 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Market conditions like those seen in 2013 benefited those plan sponsors that had not yet moved to de-risk their defined benefit (DB) plans.

April 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Middle market employers, those with 100 to 199 employees, are seeing an increase in health-related wellness programs, a study finds.

April 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – March was a light trading month for defined contribution (DC) plan participants, according to Aon Hewitt’s 401(k) Index.

April 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says a Phoenix, Arizona, school district unlawfully used an early retirement incentive plan.

April 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new analysis from the LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute suggests more than four in 10 employers believe the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...

April 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The overall rate of employees participating in an employer-provided health plan has remained steady but does vary somewhat depending on age.

April 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The estimated cost, as a percentage of accounting liability, of a U.S. retiree annuity purchase decreased during February from 108.5% to 108.4%, according...