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March 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) voted unanimously not to delay the implementation date of GASB Statement No. 68, Accounting and Financial Reporting...

March 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – It’s a phenomenon unique to the retirement planning advice industry that even those participants who make good investment decisions often don’t know they’re...

March 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement advice professionals must confront some acute challenges in the months and years ahead to ensure their ability to support clients—and grow their...

March 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Financial and retirement services provider Prudential has created a 2014 Compliance Checklist for retirement plans that are not governed by the Employee Retirement...

March 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Financial and retirement services provider Prudential has released a checklist to help plan sponsors of defined benefit (DB), defined contribution (DC) and 403(b)...

March 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) announced that the fiduciary of a Cleveland, Ohio, 401(k) plan will repay funds to the plan.

March 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Aggregate qualified retirement plan audit data from the Department of Labor (DOL) shows that, of the 3,677 investigations closed in 2013, violations were...

March 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The recording of a webcast on the distribution of liquid alternative mutual funds is now available to a select audience.

March 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Over the last year, the funded status of Detroit’s two pension plans has decreased.

March 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Stock market jitters persist, but retirees in particular showed soaring confidence in the market and their ability to generate income, a survey found.

March 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities, remained basically unchanged through February and into March.

March 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A group of retirement industry representatives recently sent a comment letter to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) emphasizing the need for uninterrupted...

March 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court judge has denied a motion for immediate review by an appellate panel of one of the ongoing “church plan” cases.

March 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) will allocate additional money to its emerging manager program in the private equity asset class, using...

March 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The annual NCAA Basketball tournament (a.k.a., March Madness) is underway and many U.S. employees are filling out brackets and competing for accuracy.

March 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Great-West Lifeco Inc., which owns investment services firms Great-West Financial and Putnam Investments, will combine the retirement businesses of both subsidiary companies.

March 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – For the United States, the estimated cost, as a percentage of accounting liability, of a retiree annuity purchase remained level during January at...

March 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) will recognize the importance of financial wellness and retirement security on the 10th annual National...

March 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fidelity was able to convince an appellate court to vacate some of the decisions made against it in the widely watched case of...

March 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The ADP Mobile Solutions application, which allows people to access their retirement account information via smartphones, is now available in the Amazon Appstore.