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

May 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – 403(b) plan sponsors continue to make changes to improve the value of their plans and the retirement readiness of participants, according to the...

May 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) filed a comment letter with the Internal Revenue Service about in-plan Roth conversions.

May 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Frances P. LaFleur joined Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP as a partner in the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group.

May 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors are increasingly adopting features to help overcome participant inertia, a survey found.

May 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer named Sabrina Bailey a principal in its Seattle Investments business.

May 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – T. Rowe Price International Ltd named Arif Husain head of international fixed income.

May 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Towers Watson announced the first group of health insurers to agree to offer health plans in its private exchange for active employees.

May 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR) – A word of advice for workers considering wearing pajamas, a chicken suit or parachute pants to the office—don't.

May 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The average retirement age today is four years older than it was in 1991, according to Gallup’s annual “Economy and Personal Finance” survey.

May 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many preretirees or nonretirees are not accounting for inflation, taxes, health care and other factors in their retirement planning, according to a new...

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Early boomers, born between 1946 and 1955, may be the last group with enough savings to maintain financial security through their retirement, according...

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement savings, health issues and their children’s finances are concerns for women; while men worry about debt, both household and the national level.

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Congressmen have introduced a bill to modify the definition of fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jacob and Sophia are repeat champions as America’s most popular baby names for 2012.

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Senate committee has asked the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) for more information about the practice of pension sales or advances.

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. expanded its equity coverage with the introduction of quantitative ratings and reports for approximately 28,000 companies globally.

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution (DC) in-plan guarantee assets totaled $2.2 billion as of December 2012, according to a new LIMRA survey.

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Both income and age affect how preretirees foresee funding for their retirement, according to a recent Gallup poll.

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mesirow Financial and RPG Consultants announced an alliance for 3(38) fiduciary services.