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February 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An innovator in the offering of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in 401(k)s is selling its intellectual property.

February 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investment services provider American Century Investments launched a collective investment trust (CIT) designed for defined contribution (DC) participants that incorporates the firm’s One...

February 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s ruling that state pension changes called for by a 2011 state law violate the state’s...

February 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Banking and investment services provider Wells Fargo says it is expanding its efforts to support military personnel and veterans by offering a series...

February 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Final regulations concerning a 90-day limit on waiting periods for health coverage have been issued from several federal agencies.

February 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Funding a pension plan involves determining appropriate contribution amounts at specific points in time and determining how to invest the assets of the...

February 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams.

February 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) requests the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend approval of information collection of annual Form 5500...

February 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Spending for the average corporate employee wellness program will increase to $600 per employee this year, nearly double the figure measured in 2009,...

February 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Neuberger Berman has introduced the Neuberger Berman Unconstrained Bond Fund.

February 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – D. Mark Schumann has joined The Segal Group as senior vice president and national communications practice leader.

February 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Think people are either pre- or post-retirement? Think again. Both include a spectrum of lifestyles and financial situations, research says, that need specific...

February 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors should factor in the needs of Millennials when designing their company’s retirement plan, says a new paper.

February 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group is issuing a 10% savings challenge to retirement plan participants and a new way to track progress through a...

February 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – At the annual PLANSPONSOR/PLANADVISER Awards for Excellence Dinner, Charles Nelson, president of Retirement Services at Great-West Financial, will be given the 2014 PLANSPONSOR Lifetime...

February 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The majority of employers plan to continue sponsoring health benefits for active employees and retirees but will change how those benefits are managed...

February 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration approved new demographic assumptions designed to ensure greater sustainability and soundness for the...

February 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jorgen Gustafson has joined the U.S. Bank Institutional Trust and Custody division as a senior portfolio manager.

February 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Hancock Investments is seeing defined contribution (DC) retirement plan clients add alternative mutual funds to their menu of investment options at a...

February 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional investors working with Towers Watson more than doubled asset flows moving into “smart beta” strategies last year, reaching $11 billion of inflows...