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March 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement readiness improved for Baby Boomers and Generation X households during 2013, says a new report.

March 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CEFEX designations are gaining more widespread adoption, and some say that working with an adviser with the designation could benefit plan sponsors.

March 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Starting in 2016, Boeing says it will transition its 68,000 nonunion employees currently participating in the company’s defined benefit (DB) plan to a...

March 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Current regulations and the current plan administration landscape make it more likely plan sponsors are complying with Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...

March 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – One retirement plan service provider says collective investment trusts (CITs) can be a powerful answer to demand for customized target-date vehicles and less...

March 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The latest release of the Milliman Pension Funding Index, which tracks performance at the largest U.S. private pension plans, shows February brought moderate...

March 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court found a registered investment adviser for two pension plans was not a fiduciary for those plans.

March 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recent court cases are not the first efforts to try to protect retirement assets for employees in plans that have been designated as...

March 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – For many reasons, women may be at a greater risk than men of not achieving a secure retirement.

March 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Data from enrollment in the Aon Active Health Exchange shows employees “get it, engage and like it,” Mike Christie, Aon Hewitt’s senior vice...

March 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A report shows that over the last 50 years, the composition and work patterns of Americans have changed dramatically, with the number of...

March 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four years after the launch of its Lifetime Income Analysis experience, participants in Putnam Investments-administered 401(k) plans continue to take significant steps forward...

March 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A bill recently submitted to the Kentucky state legislature would enact several reforms on the state’s pension systems.

March 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The cost of providing employer-sponsored health care benefits will increase slightly this year (4.4%), compared with 2013, when cost increases fell to a...

March 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) is seeking to recover pension plan assets on behalf of retirement plan participants of a construction company based...

March 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has obtained authorization to appoint a new fiduciary for the retirement plan of a Syracuse, New York, construction...

March 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The portfolio consulting group of Envestnet Inc. launched a new multi-manager portfolio series called the Liquid Endowment Portfolios, designed to address rising correlations...

March 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Inspired partly by the way Amazon understands and uses customer behaviors, Fidelity Investments rolled out a suite of tools and technologies with a...

March 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fourth quarter 2013 data for defined contribution (DC) plans administered by MassMutual shows savings and investing improved for different demographic groups.

March 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Connecticut has the highest concentration of strong 401(k) plans, according to an analysis by Judy Diamond Associates.