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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.

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The ERISA Advisory Council recommended steps the Department of Labor (DOL) should take to improve the beneficiary designation process.

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Pension & Health Benefits Committee approved actuarial policies aimed at returning the System to fully-funded status within...

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Chicago Equity Partners, LLC hired Paul M. LaCoursiere as managing director and senior fixed income portfolio manager.

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legal & General Investment Management America Inc. (LGIMA), a Chicago-based registered investment adviser, hired Don Andrews, Kimberlee Lisella, Justin Tabellione and Bradley S....

April 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rising equity prices and bond yields in early 2013 have helped improve pension plan funded status and could continue, according to a source...

April 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – David H. Dermenjian has been promoted to managing director of the investment advisory group at Mesirow Financial.

April 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that a health plan can recover benefits paid when an employee is reimbursed by a third party,...

April 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A former employee of Dignity Health, a California-based health care provider, has filed a complaint regarding its pension plans.