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September 26, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Franklin Templeton Investments has named Drew Carrington as senior vice president and head of Defined Contribution (DC), Institutional.

September 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has received comments about its proposal to amend premium-related regulations.

September 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Celine Colgan has joined The Presidio Group LLC as co-head and chief business officer for the firm’s outsourced investment office (OIO).

September 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – If a retirement plan includes a provision automatically revoking a participant’s spousal beneficiary designation upon legal separation, that could lead to plan errors.

September 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sixty-five percent of workers recently polled participate in a 401(k), IRA or other comparable retirement plan, down from 67% last year.

September 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has accused a mattress retailer of widespread age discrimination.

September 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study has identified common practices for plan success in defined contribution (DC) retirement plans around the world.

September 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report encourages defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors to consider offering retirement income solutions.

September 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new white paper by Penbridge Advisors examines the preparation of assets for pension risk transfer (PRT).

September 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Great-West Financial has launched a new mobile Web application (app) providing retirement plan participants with their account information.

September 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a number of income tax and employment tax provisions provide...

September 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Asset growth could not keep up with liability growth for city and county pension plans in 2012, according to Wilshire Consulting.

September 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Errors on a resume, both large and small, can remove a person from consideration as a job candidate, according to a recent survey.

September 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retiring with mortgage debt is becoming much more common.

September 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Women are making progress when it comes to greater engagement in the family finances beyond simply budgeting for daily household expenses, according to...

September 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Public pension plan need sound funding policies, research findings from the Center for State and Local Government Excellence show.

September 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Gemma Baranguan recently joined Mercer’s International Consulting Group (ICG) practice, based in its Chicago office, as a principal.

September 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Brian Campbell and Martin Campbell have been added to Reliance Trust Company’s retirement strategies group.

September 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A state superior court ruled a city cannot freeze its retiree health care subsidy.

September 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The scramble may be over to get into compliance with new 403(b) regulations passed in 2007, but this doesn’t mean the work is...