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May 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Light on retirement savings and burdened with student debt, African Americans continue making financial progress, according to the follow-up to Prudential’s 2011 study.

May 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new bill could assist homeowners affected by Hurricane Sandy by allowing them, under certain conditions, to avoid tax penalties for making withdrawals...

May 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fidelity Investments released a quarterly analysis of its 401(k) accounts, which found that the overall average balance achieved a record high $80,900 at...

May 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR) – Christian Brothers Investment Services (CBIS) has launched the CUIT Opportunistic Bond Fund (OBF).

May 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many 401(k) retirement plans allow participants to borrow from their accounts, which can lead to defaults and inadequate retirement savings.

 

May 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Aspen Institute presented a briefing to Congress last week on retirement and financial security.

May 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) Employee Benefit Security Administration’s (EBSA) budget has decreased for 2014, but this will not affect enforcement.

May 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will be offering two seminars about retirement plan compliance and fiduciary responsibilities.

May 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The first set of Baby Boomers, those born in 1946, are not necessarily "working 'till they drop," as some studies indicate.

May 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Liana Magner has been appointed U.S. Delegated DC Leader for Mercer’s Investments business.

May 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – USI Consulting Group hired Lisa Larsen as associate vice president and actuary.

May 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HR 360, Inc. has released its 2013 Group Health Plan Notices Calendar.

May 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors need to educate employees in a way that moves them from a sense of entitlement to empowerment, presenters of a recent...

May 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Whether or not health care reform causes employers to hire more part-time workers, the trend away from full-time employment is already underway, according...

May 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half (54%) of Millennials say debt is their “biggest financial concern currently,” according to a Wells Fargo Retirement Survey.

May 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – T. Rowe Price filed a preliminary prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a new lineup of eleven target-date funds.

May 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Law firm Epstein Becker Green hired Jeffrey A. Lieberman in its employee benefits practice in the New York office.

May 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments is further expanding its institutional defined contribution (DC) team with the appointments of Holly Hollub-Verdeyen and Kevin Knowles.

May 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investment returns in defined benefit (DB) retirement plans outperformed those in defined contribution (DC) plans in 2011 by the widest margin since the...

May 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Unified Trust Company hired Andrew Windsor as a retirement investment analyst.