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March 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments is helping 401(k) participants gauge how much income they will need for health care costs in retirement.

March 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments is helping 401(k) participants gauge how much income they will need for health care costs in retirement.

March 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A U.S. Census Bureau’s report, “Employment-Based Health Insurance: 2010,” shows the rate of employer-based health plan coverage dropped from 64.4% in 1997 to 56.5% in...

March 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In 2012, 72% of households owning mutual funds owned them through employer-sponsored retirement plans.

March 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An increase in assets was accompanied by an even larger increase in liabilities in 2012...

March 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal district court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by two Massachusetts municipal pension boards alleging Oppenheimer & Co. made mis-statements about one...

March 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Supreme Court of the United States issued an opinion allowing the Connecticut Retirement Plans...

March 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released a new tool to help 403(b) plans find, fix and avoid common errors.

February 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plan sponsors should beware of potential fiduciary pitfalls when combining the summary plan description (SPD) and prospectus.

February 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Legislators have introduced legislation to repeal the employer mandate that was included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

February 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sterling Financial Corporation announced a tentative settlement of a lawsuit alleging the company breached its fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security...

February 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional Investors have filed shareholders’ resolutions with 20 companies with no women on their boards...

February 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Vanguard is expanding its family of low-cost bond offerings.

February 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent survey from Aon Hewitt found that U.S. employers are changing the way they offer, manage and deliver health care benefits to...

February 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New York Life announced that Don Desiderato has joined the firm as senior managing director and chief technology officer in the Investments Group.

February 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Buck Consultants, A Xerox Company, plans to launch a private health exchange for employers with 3,000 or more benefit-eligible employees in time for...

February 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Newport Group appointed Kevin Bachler vice president in the deferred compensation and executive benefits...

February 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An analysis of nearly one million investors using both a workplace savings plan and an...

February 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mutual of America has developed 10 questions plan sponsors should consider when evaluating their organization’s retirement plan.

February 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) released its annual pension insurance data tables.