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December 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Automatic enrollment works to drive participation, according to New York Life Retirement Plan Services research.

December 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution (DC) plan fees hit a record low this year, according to a survey by NEPC LLC.

December 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers say it will be business as usual in their approaches to health benefits as they plan...

December 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – BNY Mellon released a suite of online report templates addressing the regulatory and custom needs of its Asset Servicing client base.

December 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The continued volatility of global financial markets has identified weaknesses in investment portfolios, causing institutional investors to reconsider their asset allocation strategies.

December 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Regulators released advance informational copies of the 2012 Form 5500 annual return/report and related instructions.

December 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An Insights report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) details changes to accounting standards for public defined benefit pension plans.

December 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –Vienna retains the top spot as the city with the world’s best quality of living, according to the...

December 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Jeffrey H. Snyder has joined Cammack LaRhette as vice president and senior consultant in the retirement practice.

December 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a stock drop case brought by General Motors Co. retirement plan participants against State Street.

December 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR) – MetLife expanded the number of offerings in its PlanSmart financial education program, a workplace-based series of financial education and planning workshops.

December 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) asked the IRS to issue gui

December 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Department of Labor fee disclosure regulations have not resulted in significant changes for 403(b) plan sponsors.

December 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Lincoln Trust Company introduced an online tool that helps 401(k) plan participants determine the true cost of their retirement plan.

December 3, 2012` (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Most Americans (88%) ages 55 and older are growing more cautious regarding their long-term retirement strategy.

December 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 2008 stock market crash wiped out trillions of dollars in defined contribution (DC) retirement accounts.

December 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While a majority of Americans plan to retire by age 65, 36% are not actively contributing to a retirement plan.

December 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Breckinridge Capital Advisors developed a proprietary in-house Sustainability Modeling Framework that rates corporate and municipal bonds.

November 30, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – IRA assets reached $5 trillion in the first quarter of 2012, according to research from Cerulli Associates.

November 30, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – AMR asked a bankruptcy judge to allow an amendment to its pilots’ pension plan eliminating certain optional forms of benefit.