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September 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A University of Missouri researcher has found many Americans choose to retire when the economic markets are peaking, an action that can cause...

September 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Most employers are considering implementing retiree health care strategies that open access to the individual Medicare plan market through health care exchanges, according...

September 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. health care spending grew faster than expected among those with employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) in 2011, according to a report.

September 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against several fire departments in New York for denying older...

September 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MullinTBG, a unit of Prudential Retirement, updated its participant website to improve user experience and to make nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plan online...

September 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Third-party administrator firm Trinity Pension Consultants released the Cash Balance (CB) Navigator mobile application, enabling financial advisers to generate a maximum annual contribution...

September 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pensionmark Retirement Group expands with a San Antonio, Texas, branch as it welcomes WD Pensionmark to its network of advisers, with Dean Salyer III...

September 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In July, Congress enacted the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) which reduces near-term funding requirements for pension plans.

September 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Food preparation and service workers are professions that need coffee the most, according to a survey by Dunkin’ Donuts and CareerBuilder.

September 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Setting a higher starting point for retirement plan contributions would make a significant difference in improving workers’...

September 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Saturna Capital Corp. has appointed Paul Meeks, CFA, to the new dual role of director of institutional investing and senior equity analyst.

September 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – SunGard released a new version of its Omni Web Solution for defined contribution and defined benefit plan participants, plan sponsors and customer representatives.

September 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – North American investor confidence continued to decline this month, according to State Street Global Markets.

September 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Three in four U.S. institutional investors (74%) have changed their approach to risk management over the past five years.
 

September 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A record number of health care organizations are offering enhanced features in their defined contribution (DC) plans.

September 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Researcher Alicia H. Munnell of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College has written a book providing a broad perspective on the...

September 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Newport Group announced Neil Chaffee...

September 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Open enrollment is an optimal time to distribute federal notices at once rather than throughout the year to streamline the administrative process, speakers...

September 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A court has ruled that a third-party administrator (TPA) authorized to pay medical claims on behalf of employers is a fiduciary under the...

September 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – 403(b)s have been excused by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from obtaining certain acknowledgements.