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October 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Seven percent fewer local units of government provide health coverage to their active employees than in 2011, according to data from Cobalt Community...

October 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING U.S.’s retirement business launched a multimedia education campaign to coincide with National Save for Retirement Week.

October 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BlackRock launched a digital retirement center to coincide with National Save for Retirement Week, which is October 21 to October 27.     

October 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The goals and designs of defined contribution (DC) plans are evolving as defined benefit (DB) plans are increasingly replaced.

October 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite being more concerned than men about the potential risks they face in retirement, fewer women complete basic retirement planning activities.

October 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J.P. Morgan launched a target-date fund series, JPMorgan SmartRetirement Blend Funds.

October 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Human Resources mangers are frustrated with employees’ understanding of health benefits, according to a Quick Poll conducted by Corporate Synergies Group.

October 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Following the final Department of Labor (DOL) 408(b)(2) and 404(a)(5) regulations, many providers and plan sponsors were unprepared and caught off guard, but...

October 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The low interest rate environment made it the right time for Verizon to transfer some pension risk, a company spokesman told PLANSPONSOR.

October 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In the wake of moves by several large companies to de-risk their defined benefit (DB) plans, the Pension Rights Center (PRC) is...

October 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Lincoln Financial Group is encouraging Americans to save for their retirement through a video series that kicks off during National Save for Retirement...

October 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Franklin Templeton launched an online Retirement Center for financial advisers serving individual investors, employers and plan sponsors.

October 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Attorneys with Drinker Biddle & Reath have asked the Department of Labor  (DOL) toconsider a voluntary correction program for service providers failing to...

October 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An audit report claims the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is overpaying into the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) because its employees’ circumstances differ...

October 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Paychex Inc. launched Paychex Report Center to help businesses and employees better manage payroll, benefits and human resources data.

October 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Investment Company Institute (ICI) and exchange-traded fund (ETF) firms developed a website to answer questions investors have before they invest in ETFs.

October 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The town of Elkton, Maryland, will pay $235,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age...

October 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced cost of living adjustments (COLAs) affecting dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement-related items for...

October 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – During the past year, the 100 largest U.S. public pension plans reported an aggregate underfunding of $0.895 trillion and funded ratio of 75.1%.

October 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has named Cheryl Eason as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO).