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February 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than four in 10 (41%) Americans surveyed are living paycheck-to-paycheck, and another 8%...

February 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A growing number of small and midsized U.S. institutions are considering outsourcing discretionary control of...

February 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A former investment adviser to the two City of Detroit pension funds pleaded guilty to...

February 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A OneAmerica survey found that 44% of men are “confident” or “very confident” they will be able to comfortably retire.

February 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Participants from three 401(k) plans have filed a lawsuit against Fidelity Investments regarding its use of float income.

February 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The median return of the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe was 1.95% for the fourth quarter of 2012.

February 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Another group of participants has failed to establish standing to sue KeyCorp for claims related to its 401(k) plan’s stock holdings.

February 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Advanced use of automatic features in plan design can achieve improvement in plan success measures, a report asserts.

February 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The growing opportunity in individual retirement account (IRA) rollovers should be a key component of financial services firms’ strategies over the next...

February 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than one-quarter (26%) of workers admit to being tardy at least once a month,...

February 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - January 2013 saw record-setting stock and bond mutual fund net inflows reaching and possibly exceeding $90 billion (excluding additional inflows to ETFs).

February 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Now is a good time for gold in retirement savings accounts —but only if investors are seeking long-term gain rather than quarterly returns.

February 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets increased $67.7 billion (5.0%) in January.

February 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Connecticut State Treasurer announced that $87 million set aside to fund the Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Trust Fund has been included among...

February 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Today’s low interest rate environment can take a bite out of what would normally be a sustainable withdrawal rate in retirement, Morningstar...

February 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Data gathered from 831 U.S. colleges and universities show their endowments returned an average of...

February 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Chris Kaiser, John Murphy and Pat Walsh join U.S. Bank Institutional Trust and Custody as vice presidents, business development officers, in its Institutional...

February 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – David Kaleda has joined Groom Law Group’s Fiduciary Responsibility group.

February 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Target maturity funds continue to see total assets climb to all-time highs.

February 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Most U.S. households, whether invested in a retirement plan or not, agree that retirement savings incentives should remain a national priority.