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April 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Horizons ETFs Management (USA) LLC named Joe Cunningham executive vice president and head of Capital Markets.

April 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Published reports indicate President Obama’s 2014 budget proposal will include a cap on retirement savings.

April 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Published reports indicate President Obama’s 2014 budget proposal will include a cap on retirement savings.

April 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An appeals court recently affirmed a previous award of unpaid pension benefits, but reversed the pre-judgment interest, claiming it is inadequate.

April 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Towers Watson hired Robin Gantz as a senior consultant in its retirement risk business.

April 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight in 10 employed Americans said they are stressed out on the job amid heavier workloads and low pay.

April 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Puerto Rico's governor has signed an overhaul of the U.S. territory's cash-short public pension system.

April 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Human resources strategies firm Ascende has named Mark LeBlanc as senior consultant, wellness and productivity management.

April 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Janus Capital Group Inc. named Enrique Chang as chief investment officer (CIO) of Equities and Asset Allocation.

April 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The San Luis Obispo County Pension Trust developed a pension administration system that it has made available to other systems as a lower-cost...

April 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer has released a list of six tips for plan sponsors that are considering a participant cash-out program for their defined benefit (DB)...

April 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Though a worthy idea, the target-date (TD) fund concept appears to have been implemented hastily and poorly, a paper asserts.

April 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended regulators take certain steps to make plan-to-plan rollovers easier for defined contribution (DC) participants.

April 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The vast majority of full time working Americans (79%) admit they are in jobs that do not reflect their true career passions.

April 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Benefit Advisors (UBA) launched its PPACA Resource Center.

April 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Multiemployer pension plans need timely action from Congress to reinforce and stabilize them, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says.
 

April 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Annuity buy-ins come with both advantages and disadvantages that plan sponsors should weigh before deciding on the best de-risking strategy.  

April 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court denied the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC’s) attempt to recover retirement plan losses from Morgan Stanley.

April 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – With the right combination of plan design and automated program features, retirement plan effectiveness can often be improved within reasonable budget levels, a...

April 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirees who have a positive relationship with their plan provider are more likely to keep their assets with that provider, a study finds.