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November 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new website offers plan sponsors and advisers guidance on meeting fiduciary obligations related to employer-sponsored retirement plan fee disclosure regulations.

November 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frozen pension plans are substantially different from open plans and need to be managed accordingly to prevent litigation and ensure positive outcomes for...

November 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Keeping documents for six or seven years may be a good rule of thumb, but not when it comes to retirement plans, said...

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Returns for target-date and target-risk funds were around 5% for the third quarter, according to Morningstar, Inc.

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There has been much discussion about moving away from fixed income investments as a response to rising interest rates, but this may not...

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) asked the U.S. Treasury and Department of Labor (DOL) to revise electronic disclosure rules governing employee-sponsored retirement plans...

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Rehires can cause administrative headaches for plan sponsors and recordkeepers.

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors need to educate their participants about how to prepare for spending once they retire.

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Not all employees use sick days to recover from an illness.

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The first half of 2013 saw little change in saving and withdrawal activity among employer-sponsored defined contribution (DC) plan participants, an Investment Company...

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) by retired U.S. Airways pilots.

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirees want more unbiased information—and less political grandstanding—on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a survey shows.

November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – It can improve participants’ portfolio construction, asset allocation and also participant outcomes. So what is holding plan sponsors back from auto re-enrollment?

November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Customers of the Mutual of America Life Insurance Company can now make account-related changes and execute transactions through a mobile website.

November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Funding for pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies remained stable during October, with a funded ratio of 91% at month’s end, said...

November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional investment data and analytics provider eVestment issued a pair of retooled solutions for managing traditional and alternative investment strategies.

November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional investment plans showed good performance in the third quarter, returning 4.4% at the median, according to data from the Northern Trust Universe.

November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – When an individual or business files for bankruptcy, there is an automatic stay of the person or company’s assets, and creditors can appeal.

November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sapiens International Corporation announced the upcoming release of its Retirement Services Recordkeeping Platform.

November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Jack Noble has joined the Kansas City office of consulting firm Mercer as a principal in its Health and Benefits business.