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August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Negative returns from domestic and international equities may have caused U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors in the Northern Trust Universe to lose 1.5%...

August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a rising bond market, falling equity returns -- especially international equity -- proved to be a drag on the performance of all...

August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are eyeing a variety of health care cost-control measures for 2013, according to a new survey by the National Business Group on...

August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Legal constraints make it difficult for public pension plans to adjust to changing economic and demographic conditions, a report contends.

August 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent Employee Retirement Security Act (ERISA) court case demonstrates the importance of disclaimers in retirement plan communications.

August 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unified Trust Company, N.A. has expanded the territory for Institutional Consultant Nathan Paris. 

August 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies reached a record high in July.

August 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A bill adopted by Massachusetts lawmakers would help employers launch workplace wellness programs.

August 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A U.S. Attorney has filed a class action lawsuit against the City of New York, the New York City Police Department (NYPD), and...

August 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan reached a record low in July.

August 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is offering a COBRA workshop in Portland, Oregon.

August 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former president of a Wisconsin company and trustee of its 401(k) plan has been charged with embezzling from the plan.

August 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust named Tony Glickman as senior vice president of global client solutions.

August 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aiming to increase the diversity of risk management in the Russell Strategic Bond Fund, Russell Investments has hired three additional money managers for...

August 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Researchers in Morningstar’s Investment Management division released a paper that explores the true risk of guaranteed investment products and how they should be...

August 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Millennium Trust Company’s Savings Plus IRA has been added to MassMutual’s rollover solutions for retirement plan participants and existing individual retirement account (IRA)...

August 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has determined that retirement plan participants have a right to sue a plan sponsor that does not provide details used...

August 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS) adopted what may be the most conservative public pension investment return assumption in the nation.

August 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two small businesses and participants in their retirement plans are suing fiduciaries who gave them investment advice and administered the plans.

August 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued guidance for certain defined benefit (DB) plans that must place limitations on benefits.