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April 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research indicates it is probably reasonable to say about 50% of private-sector workers participate in a retirement plan.

April 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Alliance Benefit Group North Central States, Inc. launched a new mobile application that provides users with centralized access to retirement and health-related savings...

April 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A lawsuit filed by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) pension fund claims New York investment manager Alphonse Fletcher Jr. defrauded investors of...

April 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A lawsuit filed by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) pension fund claims New York investment manager Alphonse Fletcher Jr. defrauded investors of...

April 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CenterSquare Investment Management, Inc. has launched the CenterSquare Value-Added Fund III, L.P.

March 31, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J. Scott Davison, CLU, ChFC, will begin serving as chief executive officer for the companies of OneAmerica on April 1.

March 31, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR) – Thirty percent of respondents to a recent survey note a higher plan participation rate for nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans.

March 31, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many retirement plan committees do not have a charter, and often those that do find it fails to provide adequate guidance because it...

March 31, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement plan sponsors have a two-year window to adopt newly updated pre-approved plan documents.

March 31, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new online personal financial planning and budgeting tool from ING U.S. enables users to organize, integrate and manage all their money matters...

March 31, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – For February, the average cost of purchasing annuities from an insurer decreased slightly from 108.5% to 108.4% of the accounting liability, according to...

April 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Liability-driven investing (LDI) can be a great choice for defined benefit plans, but the strategy has its downsides, says Bob Schmidt of the...

March 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Total U.S. retirement assets reached $23 trillion at year-end 2013, growing 15.6% during the year, according to an analysis from the Investment Company...

March 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently made analyses related to money market fund reform available to the public.

March 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit to remove and replace a 401(k) plan trustee for failing to perform his duties.

March 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants might respond better to education if it’s more like a game, says Chris Whitlow of edu(k)ate, an app developer that delivers gameified...

March 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – As state and local governments continue to modify their retirement packages, public employees may need to save more for retirement, says a new...

March 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Promoting financial literacy among employees can help create a more productive and focused workplace, according to a group promoting Financial Literacy Month in...

March 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Setting specific funded status goals for defined benefit (DB) plans can help sponsors and investment committees improve performance, says a new research paper...

March 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In prior decades, international and emerging market stocks were good investments to get diversification for a retirement plan portfolio, but things have changed.