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December 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An analysis has found a fixed income strategy that may work regardless of interest rate behavior, according to Principal Financial Group.

December 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employees are focusing on short-term financial goals when making New Year's resolutions, but not forgetting about long-term goals such as retirement.

December 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) Index increased fractionally during November.

December 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Those who sponsor retirement plans for employees based in Puerto Rico should make note of some upcoming deadlines, as well as the impact...

December 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Board (MA PRIM) won a $265 million cash settlement to resolve securities fraud claims against Massey Energy...

December 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Ruby Tuesday Inc. will pay relief to individuals who were not hired due to discrimination about their age.

December 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Every racial group faces a retirement crisis, but people of color face particularly severe challenges in preparing for retirement.

December 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index shows that the funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit (DB) pension plans improved to...

December 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Alliance Benefit Group-Illinois (ABG-IL) has released an application to keep interested parties updated on plan contribution limits.

December 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York, has suspended making benefit payments from its 457 deferred compensation plan.

December 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A plaster cast of a coworker’s hand, camouflage toilet paper—some coworkers have a hard time with the holiday gift exchange.

December 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Wells Fargo announced a leadership change in its institutional retirement business.

December 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There is a sizable gap between preretiree expectations and the actual age of individuals leaving the U.S. work force, a new survey shows.

December 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) obtained a court order assigning a new fiduciary for a retirement plan sponsored by an employer in American...

December 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors can get their fiduciary responsibility questions answered during a Department of Labor (DOL) seminar in New York City.

December 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The amount of equity compensation employees have and how they value it corresponds to their state of retirement readiness.

December 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – State Street Global Exchange expanded participation in the Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service (TUCS).

December 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Community Bank System Inc., through its subsidiary Benefit Plans Administrative Services Inc. (BPAS), reached an agreement to acquire an actuarial and consulting practice from...

December 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The governor of Illinois has signed a pension reform bill into law.

December 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) — More than half of pre-retirees express alarm at what health care costs may do to their retirement plans, a survey finds.