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July 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Respondents to a survey chose health care reform as the regulatory issue expected to have the most impact on the workplace over the...

July 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Asset management firm State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) announced the availability of the SPDR Russell 2000 ETF (ticker symbol, TWOK).

July 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Roberta Casper Watson will join The Wagner Law Group as head of its Welfare Benefits Department.

July 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement, LLC, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, will merge with third-party administrator I AM, Inc. of Traverse City, Michigan.

July 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Northern Trust Corporation has launched an enhanced version of its performance attribution tools.

July 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Insurance and employee benefits adviser Lockton has opened a new office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

July 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is taking over the pension plan of law firm Butzel Long.

July 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a complaint against Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Associates, P.A. (PDCCA), a medical practice located in...

July 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Those suffering from debt stress are putting off the thing that may help them unwind—a vacation.

July 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Christine Carolan has been appointed by Mercer Investments as investment director for its West Market.

July 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The delay of noncompliance penalties for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has given employers some breathing space, but they still...

July 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A survey from Towers Watson found allocations to alternative assets by pension funds now account for around 19% of all pension fund assets...

July 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Participants in Solvay Chemicals’ pension plan were unable to prove its violation of notice requirements was an egregious act.

July 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge ruled that an ex-wife was entitled to a subsidy for early retirement provided by her ex-husband's plan as part of...

July 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is suing the owners of a Louisiana hospital for alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security...

July 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In addition to longevity, inflation and market risks, retirement plan participants may be a risk to themselves, according to Alison Salka, corporate vice...

July 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A health care exchange in Vermont may violate the Affordable Care Act (ACA), said an Associated Press news report.

July 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6^th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found a benefits committee used a reasonable process to conclude it paid a participant's benefits according to...

July 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Obama administration has delayed for one year the deadline for employer reporting and shared responsibility payments under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

July 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report examining state pension funds found that there is no connection between high investment fees and high returns on those investments.