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June 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Newport Group hired Eric Kleindienst as a senior client relationship manager.

June 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued proposed regulations that would provide guidance under the anti-cutback rules of section 411(d)(6) of the Internal...

June 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northwestern Mutual launched a retirement strategy that does not assume a fixed life expectancy.

June 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. released Morningstar Analyst Ratings and Global Fund Reports for approximately 40 alternative U.S. mutual funds, representing about 75% of the alternative...

June 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. released Morningstar Analyst Ratings and Global Fund Reports for approximately 40 alternative U.S. mutual funds, representing about 75% of the alternative...

June 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Orange County Employees Retirement System (OCERS) hired Girard Miller as chief investment officer, effective July 2.

June 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Depending on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutional challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), numerous issues could...

June 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Senate passed a measure creating a retirement savings plan for private sector workers who lack access to a workplace retirement...

June 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are preparing to pursue alternate methods of offering healthcare options to their employees, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Employer...

June 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Towers Watson appointed two consulting leaders.

June 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Groom Law Group, Chartered, a firm that focuses exclusively on employee benefits, hired five attorneys.

June 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) is offering a free workshop in Jacksonville, Florida.

June 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Chesapeake Energy Corporation is now facing an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) lawsuit. 

June 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some plan sponsors are hesitant to implement an in-plan guaranteed retirement income solution for the same reasons others are in favor of it....

June 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investor Watchdog offers an array of free, online tools that help investors select new financial advisers, monitor current advisers, and replace under-performing advisers.

June 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The deadline for amending affected deferred compensation arrangements to comply with the Code Section 409A documentation requirements that apply for payments contingent on...

June 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J.P. Morgan Asset Management, with alliance partner FASCore, launched an offering to provide recordkeeping solutions to the small to mid-sized retirement plan market.

June 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Callan hired John P. Jackson as a senior vice president in the Fund Sponsor Consulting Group.

June 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Two State Street Global Advisors Fixed Income SPDR Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) began trading on the NYSE Arca.

June 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Most workers only need to work five years past age 65 to be ready to retire, a new paper contends.