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April 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Financial adviser Erik Swenson, president of Retirement Plan Solutions, has affiliated with Pensionmark Retirement Group, creating RPS Pensionmark.

April 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West has reached an agreement to acquire the J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services large-market recordkeeping business, which has $167 billion in plan assets...

April 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The estimated funding levels of defined benefit (DB) pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased 2% in March to 85%, according to...

April 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The average funding ratios of U.S. pension plans saw a decrease during the first quarter of 2014, says a recent analysis.

April 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. adults have significant gaps in their financial literacy knowledge when it comes to areas such as money management, says a new survey.

April 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nearly half of defined benefit plan respondents (47%) to a recent survey for Prudential indicate they utilize a liability driven investing (LDI) strategy.

April 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Men have a slight edge over women when it comes to saving at the recommended 10% rate for retirement, according to research from...

April 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors might consider offering Roth accounts to participants, since some may want to contribute after-tax dollars to retirement savings.

April 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half (45%) of individuals surveyed expect to receive a tax refund this year, and among them, 61% plan to save or invest...

April 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Workers who made changes to their 401(k) accounts last year took a positive step 76% percent of the time, according to a recent...

April 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than $30 billion in economic activity was generated by retirement benefits paid to California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) members.

April 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stephen Birmingham joined Taylor Investment Counselors as executive vice president, director of business development.

April 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sixty-eight percent of employers offer some kind of financial education for employees, a survey found.

April 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- The Segal Group has expanded retiree health services for those organizations seeking a private health care exchange platform for Medicare eligible retirees.

April 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AIG Benefit Solutions and Scott Captive Solutions have entered into a strategic partnership to offer CAPvantage Select.

April 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan declined 0.5 percentage points in March to 92.1%, according to the BNY Mellon...

April 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – At year-end 2013, retirement account assets were $19.018 trillion, according to Spectrem Group’s Retirement Market Insights Report 2014.

April 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Center for Due Diligence (CFDD) launched a liquid alternatives Web page designed to help manufacturers, distributors and advisers of these products.

April 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) outlined a proposal it says makes it easier for participants in defined contribution (DC) plans to get...

April 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors are evaluating their current target-date funds (TDFs) and considering whether or not custom TDFs are a better option,...