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August 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sean Taylor has joined Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management (DeAWM) as head of Emerging Market Equities.

August 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An investment adviser has been ordered to restore plan losses, incentive fees and penalties for several employee benefit plans.

August 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Insurance provider Aflac has enhanced its website on health care reform with materials explaining the legislation in easy-to-understand language.

August 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – By institutionalizing their defined contribution (DC) plans, plan sponsors can give their participants better retirement outcomes, a paper contends.

August 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Unmarried individuals living alone, both women and men, are more likely to be reliant on Social Security to keep them out of poverty...

August 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many employees had to retire before they planned, a survey found.

August 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employees today are less likely to expect Social Security in retirement, according to findings from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI).

August 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has asked a New York district court to replace the now-deceased trustee of a retirement plan.

August 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ERISA attorney Philip J. Koehler has launched ERISA Fiduciary Administrators LLC (EFA).

August 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), plan sponsors have been awaiting more guidance.

August 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While the majority of employees accept responsibility for financing their own retirement and are relying primarily on their 401(k)s to get them there,...

August 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With key pieces of health care reform going into effect in 2014, plan sponsors have even more to consider this year as they...

August 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities, slipped to 92.66 as of August 1.

August 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – SEI has appointed Craig Standen as director of Healthcare Advisory Services for its Institutional Group.

August 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new software package will help ensure employer compliance with mandatory notice requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

August 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Regulators have delayed for one year the effective date for the employer mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

August 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than two-thirds of employers (69%) providing health benefits have analyzed how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will affect their...

August 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Women are saving less for retirement than men, according to a report from Aon Hewitt.

August 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investors added $15.9 billion to long-term mutual funds in July, driven by inflows of $7.9 billion into international-equity funds.

August 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pension plans in the U.S. continue to lower assumptions, according to an analysis from PwC.