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June 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will be offering two seminars about retirement plan compliance and fiduciary responsibilities.

June 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An appeals court recently ruled that a health care plan participant has the right to sue for breach of fiduciary duties and receive...

June 21 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An automotive sealing systems manufacturer based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, will pay $210,000 to three of its former engineers to settle an age...

June 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) will launch a new stable value fund designed to meet retirement plan sponsor demand for pooled stable value...

June 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Paychex, Inc. enhanced the Paychex Mobile smartphone application for iPhone and Android to include health benefits information.

June 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two pension funds for the city of Detroit, Michigan, are being investigated for possible fraud, corruption and waste.

June 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ary Rosenbaum, a New York ERISA attorney, introduced an independent Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Section 3(16) fiduciary service.

June 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Aon Hewitt has launched “Your Coverage Resources,” an interactive and educational website about available public health programs.

June 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Members of the military are increasingly concerned about their retirement prospects, according to a new survey.

June 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Northern Trust Corporation has launched its Defined Contribution Tracker, which serves as a barometer for the participant asset flows of defined contribution (DC)...

June 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are self-insuring medical benefits more now than before passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a survey finds.

June 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new analysis shows 38.3 million working-age households (45%) do not have any retirement account assets.

June 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Benefit Consultants Group (BCG) launched its 401(k) X-Ray service for retirement plan sponsors and advisers.

June 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC has launched PowerShares Global Short Term High Yield Bond Portfolio (PGHY).

June 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Women (27%) are less engaged in retirement planning than men (37%), a white paper from Lincoln Financial Group indicates.

June 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – State exchanges and federally facilitated exchanges (FFE) for 34 states that will not operate a health care exchange must be established by October...

June 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – California will pay less for public employee pensions in the 2013 to 2014 fiscal year based on new contribution rates approved by the...

June 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Investment Company Institute (ICI) expressed opposition to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposal to reform money market funds.

June 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many individuals with employer-sponsored health insurance are delaying or avoiding getting health care due to cost.

June 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court ruled Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) participants’ state law claims are not preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...