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April 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employees want to understand their benefits better and employers could improve their benefits communications, a survey suggests.

April 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MFS Investment Management has rolled out its Class R5 shares, offering a lower-cost investment for plan sponsors.

April 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In anticipation of health care reform and the increasing complexity of benefits offerings, BeneTrac, a Paychex company, launched a new call center service.

April 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The typical U.S. pension plan’s funding ratio increased by nearly five percentage points during the first quarter of 2013.

April 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A retirement plan survey of independent, not-for-profit research institutes shows a renewed focus on fiduciary responsibility.

April 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement benefit decisions can no longer be made without factoring in health care, according to a source at Manning & Napier.

April 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Ronald J. Triche will join the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) as director of Government Affairs and assistant general counsel.

April 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The rate of growth for cash balance plans is significantly higher than for 401(k) plans, according to Kravitz, Inc.
 

April 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A court ruled that a company’s officers are not fiduciaries to a multiemployer plan and thus not liable for unpaid contributions. 

April 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan increased 1.9 percentage points in March 2013.

April 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends regulators take certain steps to reduce obstacles and disincentives to plan-to-plan rollovers.

April 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Towns in New York have settled charges of discrimination in pension plan offerings filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

April 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More American workers are planning for their retirement, according to the latest Financial Well-Being Index from The Principal.

April 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced a new proposal that will reduce reporting requirements for more than 90% of companies and pension...

April 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension funding ratios improved significantly in the first quarter of 2013, according to Legal & General Investment Management America’s (LGIMA) Pension Fiscal Fitness...

April 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Following the financial crisis, 56% of investors now believe it is entirely their responsibility to prepare for retirement, a Fidelity Investments survey finds.

April 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two former employees of Catholic Health East are challenging whether its pension plans are actually “church plans.”

April 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Americans are taking on more risk than they would prefer, according to a study by Northwestern Mutual.

April 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies improved significantly in the first quarter of 2013, according to Mercer.

April 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - David Searles has joined The Segal Company’s National Health Practice as vice president and consultant.