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December 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against a police department in Hawaii.

December 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has received court authorization to compel the trustee of a profit-sharing plan in Aiea, Hawaii, to restore mismanaged...

December 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Consulting firm Mercer has compiled a list of the top 10 recommended steps that defined contribution (DC) plans should take over the next...

December 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – VALIC, a retirement plan provider for nonprofit institutions, released a plan fee equalization feature within its recordkeeping services.

December 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined benefit (DB) plans have enjoyed a funded status boost of late, but what does this mean for their future?

December 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ruling of two lower courts in a case testing litigation limitations within plans covered by the Employee...

December 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Consulting firm Mercer offers a list of 10 pension risk management priorities for defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors to consider in 2014.

December 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Millennium Trust Company released a white paper that addresses the growing problem of uncashed checks faced by retirement plan sponsors.

December 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A number of states have released guidance regarding state income taxation for same-gender married couples.

December 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While the funded status of defined benefit pension plans has seen its best increase in more than 25 years, there are still challenges...

December 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Selecting low-carbon investments and meeting other sustainability standards has little impact on returns, according to analysis from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP).

December 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – It is possible to estimate the amounts necessary to make the value of defined benefit (DB) plans equal to income paid by defined...

December 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Witnesses during a U.S. Senate committee hearing argued that defined contribution (DC) plan design is key to solving the retirement crisis in America.

December 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Private-sector employees are paying more for health care in a number of ways, a new survey finds.

December 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fidelity Investments launched the Fidelity Advisor Event Driven Opportunities Fund for financial advisers and defined contribution plan sponsors as an investment-only option.

December 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many employees do not consider financial planning a top priority for 2014, according to a new survey.

December 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A class action claim regarding Lockheed Martin’s retirement plan stable value fund offering will go to trial.

December 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Communication both to and from sponsors of private sector pension plans need to be made clearer, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) contends.

December 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the wake of health care reform, employers anticipate further cost sharing in 2014.

December 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has temporarily addressed the problem of discrimination defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors may have due to closed plans.