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December 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Curtailing the current tax treatment of retirement savings plan contributions will reduce employers’ willingness to sponsor plans and employees’ ability to save, a...

December 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released proposed revisions to Form 5300, the Application for Determination for Employee Benefit Plan, and its instructions.

December 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While nearly two-thirds of American workers (63%) view the current economy as unhealthy, the percentage of employees...

December 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – GYL Decauwer LLP, a tax planning and accounting services firm, has teamed up with Burnham Gibson Financial...

December 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An industry group has released a guide to help retirement plan sponsors and service providers navigate new participant fee disclosure rules.

December 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Over the past two years, defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors have taken small but significant steps to...

December 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Ascende, formerly Employee Benefit Solutions (EBS), announced the addition of several experienced health and welfare consulting professionals.

December 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In November, exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets increased $27.8 billion, or 2.2%.

December 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two investment professionals have joined J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s (JPMAM) Columbus, Ohio-based Global Fixed Income team.

December 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mutual of America introduced a mobile website to provide its customers with convenient and instant access to...

December 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fidelity launched a plan sponsor website, Global Solutions, which will assist companies in managing employee stock plans in multiple countries.

December 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Verizon and The Prudential Insurance Company of America have completed a challenged pension risk transfer transaction.

December 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On a basic level, defined benefit (DB) pension plan funded status is the ratio of assets to liabilities.

December 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. retirement system successfully provided adequate retirement resources and successive generations of retirees have been better off, ICI research found.

December 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A group of U.S. senators introduced a resolution recognizing the importance of current incentives for retirement savings.

December 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal district court has rejected the attempt by Verizon retirees to stop the transfer of certain Verizon pension obligations to Prudential.

December 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors are largely optimistic about fee disclosure regulations, but say they need help from advisers.

December 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement planning is the one financial issue in which all generations are most vulnerable, but for different reasons.

December 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit to recover losses suffered by participants in the Rembar Inc. employee stock ownership...

December 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – During the third quarter of 2012, Callan DC Index balances improved by more than 4%, mostly due...