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March 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The financial health of the largest U.S. corporate defined benefit (DB) pension plans improved during 2013, says a new analysis.

March 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – PlanPilot, a retirement plan consulting firm, is now offering a plan design database for higher education retirement plans.

March 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) is seeking approval to have an independent fiduciary appointed for an abandoned New York City retirement plan.

March 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – North Carolina K-12 educators now have an additional retirement vehicle open to them.

March 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pensionmark Retirement Group recently launched its Employer Document Vault, an enterprise-level document storage system that can manage thousands of client records and millions...

March 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Since the Department of Labor (DOL) proposed including lifetime income illustrations on retirement plan participant statements, no doubt most in the industry have...

March 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - America’s Best 401k, a retirement services provider specializing in the small and mid-sized market segments, engaged investment advice provider Jemstep to bring online...

March 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shane E. Conlon has joined Sibson Consulting as a vice president and senior retirement consultant.

March 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even the best laid plans can go off track, and this is true for defined benefit plan portfolios.

March 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A vast majority of Americans report they are worried about health care costs in retirement, but many still substantially underestimate what the expense...

March 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement plan sponsors can outsource much of the work involved in filling out and filing annual Form 5500s, but they’re still responsible for...

March 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – If you are a “go-getter” who always “thinks outside the box” and a “detail-oriented” “team player,” you may not want to tell a...

March 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report from the Department of Labor (DOL) describes a conceptual framework of health plan features meant to help employers assess holistic...

March 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Ross Brown joined retirement plan services and consulting firm Verisight Inc. as a senior vice president of institutional sales.

March 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many companies are not maintaining a plan document for their health plans or providing employees with summary plan descriptions (SPDs), according to a...

March 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Americans’ confidence in their ability to afford a comfortable retirement has recovered somewhat from the record lows of the past five years, according...

March 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS) from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) has consistently found a relationship between the level of participants’ debt...

March 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small plans must be given more latitude to mimic their larger counterparts if the nation is to adequately fund its retirement needs, says...

March 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - From farm to market, how does that qualified default investment alternative (QDIA) earn a place on the plan sponsor’s investment lineup?

March 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor is presenting the “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities” webcast series.