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November 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The firm has hired Michael Davis as director of institutional sales.

November 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer and the Stanford Center on Longevity released the first article in a series about the challenges facing workers and employers in generating...

November 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Access to financial planning and financial wellness resources is important to enjoying a comfortable retirement.

November 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will be taking responsibility for the pension plan of Furniture Brands International Inc.

November 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey finds a positive attitude about retirement positively affects savings habits and results.

November 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A paper published in The Journal of Retirement argues that asset-allocation glide paths popularized in target-date funds (TDFs) fail to deliver superior end-point...

November 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit in U.S. district court to recover plan assets from the fiduciaries of Omni Resources...

November 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appeals court has ruled that certain benefit enhancements adopted within a pension plan are protected accrued benefits under the Employee Retirement Income...

November 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Polled flexible spending account (FSA) administrators predict a significant number of employers will adopt an FSA rollover provision in 2014.

November 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While the average cost per employee for health benefits slowed this year, employers do not expect this trend to continue.

November 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Buck Consultants is offering its clients an enhanced version of its private health insurance exchange, RightOpt.

November 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The website myStockOptions.com offers help to employees in navigating recent tax changes.

November 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) will receive about $261 million in damages from J.P. Morgan Chase & Company following a joint...

November 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Perhaps not surprisingly, a recent survey finds taking vacation time has a positive effect on employees.

November 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new research paper shows the impact of using a mark-to-market accounting method for valuing pension liabilities will have a negligible effect on...

November 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust added its line of Northern Focused Portfolios (NFP) to the FDx Advisors Unified Overlay Management Program platform, run by FDx Advisors.

November 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More employers are expected to terminate their pension plans as a result of rising interest rates, according to Findley Davies.

November 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court decided there is enough evidence to remand a case back to district court to decide whether a school board...

November 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – W.E. Donoghue & Co., Inc. (WEDCO) has launched the Power Dividend Index Fund.

November 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans are prepared to reduce 401(k) account contributions to mitigate worries over health care expenses, the Mercer Workplace Survey...