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March 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While most Americans understand the importance of saving for retirement, they have trouble making it a priority.

March 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prudential Retirement named Srinivas Reddy to a newly created role overseeing investments for its full service business.

March 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Only about one-third of employees in a study from Unum rate their benefits education as excellent or very good.

March 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A strong recovery in asset values and pension funding levels hasn’t slowed the pace of change in institutional investment portfolio strategies, according to...

March 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement plan participants’ savings rate is the most important factor for ensuring successful retirement savings outcomes.

March 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There are prohibited transaction rules in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) that prohibit fiduciaries from entering into agreements with service providers...

March 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Same-gender couples need to become aware of the many workplace benefits and financial planning strategies that are now available, says James Mahaney of...

March 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New mortality tables for defined benefit (DB) pension plans will increase pension liabilities, according to a new research paper.

March 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New indices released by Thomson Reuters offer liquid access to and performance analysis of the U.S. private equity industry.

March 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution (DC) plans outperformed defined benefit plans significantly during the fourth quarter of 2013 and during the whole year, according to a...

March 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Diocese of Rockville Centre on Long Island is eliminating its defined benefit pension plan.

March 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has issued its second list of assets managers it says “have directly backed initiatives that the harm...

March 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor's (DOL) fee data proposal is a good idea, but with one possible difficulty, says Bruce Ashton, a partner in...

March 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There are many elements that make up an effective financial wellness program for a company, according speakers during a recent webinar.

March 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a reversal of the past four months, participants of defined contribution (DC) retirement plans favored fixed income investments in February, according to...

March 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of pension plans showed an improvement in February, compared with figures from January, says a new analysis from Russell Investments.

March 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fidelity Investments has now made its workplace benefits application, NetBenefits, available to iPad and iPad Mini mobile tablet users.

March 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A group of 26 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, known as the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, threw its support behind expanded fiduciary...

March 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has initiated a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores of Texas, LLC, alleging both age and disability discrimination.

March 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nationwide Financial named Kent Morris as its new western regional vice president of the Nationwide Retirement Solutions business.