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March 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Does your company have a legitimate summary plan description (SPD) for its health care plan, or simply a certificate of coverage?

March 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After rising sharply in January, defined contribution (DC) plan participants’ daily transfer volumes resumed levels closer to normal in February.

March 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) requires that swap transactions go through a clearing process.

March 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nearly three-quarters (73%) of Americans surveyed find thinking about retirement saving and investing to be a source of stress and anxiety.

March 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mortgage payments, credit card debt, college tuition—they can all get in the way of retirement savings,...

March 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court decided that a deceased woman's retirement plan benefits must first be paid to her ex-husband despite a lawsuit by her...

March 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The strong start to the year continued, as investors added $51.9 billion to long-term open-end mutual funds in February.

March 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employees are taking a more active role in their retirement plans due to factors such as improved communication by employers and regulations released...

March 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement Clearinghouse, LLC (RCH) appointed E. Thomas Johnson Jr. as a senior adviser.

March 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has refused to apply the presumption of prudence standard to fiduciaries of a retirement plan that does not require...

March 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Companies’ decisions about their defined benefit (DB) pension plans are being driven by desires to shed pension...

March 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds are on track to set an all-time quarterly flows record, nearing $200 billion, in the first quarter of...

March 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will hold a phone forum to discuss international issues for retirement plans in U.S. territories.

March 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Salient Partners L.P. (Salient), a $17.4 billion asset management firm, has launched the Salient Pure Trend Fund.

March 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says a California County may have implicitly promised to provide employees lifetime health care benefits.

March 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - First comes love, then comes marriage... then comes shared financial bliss? 

March 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Despite the best efforts of investment committees, the internal dynamics of the group can sometimes lead to questionable choices regarding fiduciary responsibilities and...

March 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional market influence was most prominent within the equity exchange-traded fund (ETF) space in 2012, according to Strategic Insight.

March 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged the State of Illinois with securities fraud for misleading municipal bond investors about its approach to...

March 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A survey found many Americans misunderstand how Social Security works.