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April 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – With the decline in defined benefit and retiree health care plan offerings, the younger generations need to take more responsibility for their retirement...

April 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Cash balance plans are growing in popularity and could overtake 401(k) retirement plans within the next few years, according to research from Sage...

April 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will be taking responsibility for the defined benefit pension plan of Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc.

April 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual's Retirement Services Division is launching an addition to its suite of plan health and retirement readiness resources.

April 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CEO of Chicago-based investment advisory firm Simran Capital Management is accused of lying to the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and...

April 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA) released a white paper that examines how to design investment menus for defined contribution (DC) plans.

April 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More employers are penalizing employees for not engaging in healthy behaviors, a survey suggests.

April 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Ciara Burnham and William Ryan will assume the roles of CEO and chief fiduciary officer, respectively, of fiduciary services provider Evercore Trust Company (ETC).

April 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nationwide Financial hired Eric Bokesch and Guy Ridout III as retirement plan wholesalers.

April 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More plan sponsors are turning to RFPs (requests for proposals) to find the right adviser for their retirement plan, says a new report from...

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Countrywide Financial proposed a settlement to a lawsuit over practices in the sale of mortgage-backed securities (MBS).

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Justice Department filed a complaint in Illinois alleging a pension fund violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Theodore M. Becker joined law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP as a partner in the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group.

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New legislation has been introduced in the Senate aimed at helping employees gain retirement savings and security through employee ownership.

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – TIAA-CREF launched the TIAA-CREF International Opportunities Fund (TIOIX, TIOTX, TIOSX, TIOPX).

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor is co-sponsoring a webcast to provide financial education for younger workers and college seniors.

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor is co-sponsoring a webcast to provide financial education for younger workers and college seniors.

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will be conducting a phone forum to discuss key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that are...

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In the first quarter of 2013, investors added $184.3 billion to long-term open-end mutual funds while redeeming $92.8 billion from money market funds,...

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The majority of defined contribution (DC) plan participants participating in a recent poll are interested in having a guaranteed income option.