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September 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nearly two-thirds of private-industry workers had access to some form of retirement plan, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor...

September 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) Board of Trustees approved revisions to the long-term assumed rate of return on its $36 billion investment portfolio...

September 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Most of Canada’s 50- to 59-year-olds do not plan to sacrifice their current lifestyle as they enter retirement, despite falling short of their...

September 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Northern Trust is offering participant access to its retirement...

September 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – RetireEase Choice, a flexible premium deferred income annuity from MassMutual, was designed to guarantee a future income stream for financial security.

September 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has ruled that an employer’s failure to keep adequate records shifts the burden of proof to the employer that...

September 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An education policy statement and education strategy document are helpful in building a retirement plan education program for employees.

September 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced that the September 27 phone forum about MAP-21 and changing segment...

September 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Hartford Investment Management Co. (HIMCO), a subsidiary of The Hartford, has appointed Erica Evans executive vice president and head of sales and marketing,...

September 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Worries about looming changes in the state’s beleaguered pension system have prompted a surge in retirements across...

September 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – During a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions’ roundtable, witnesses agreed business owners need incentives to offer retirement plans.

September 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Head of T. Rowe Price’s RPS, Cynthia Egan, will retire after 30 years in the industry; the firm also created a new division,...

September 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Robert C. Albanese, president and CEO of Pentegra Retirement Services, announced his retirement.

September 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution plan participants transferred assets from equities into fixed-income investments again in August, according to the Aon Hewitt 401(k) Index.

September 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An alliance between RPG Consultants and Main Management LLC will enable plan sponsors to utilize RPG’s technology and Main Management’s portfolio management capabilities.

September 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – David Schweihs will rejoin Mercer as part of its new Analytics and Measurements Solution group of the Health and Benefits business, in the...

September 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) launched a website that offers information about fee disclosures to help workers with defined contribution (DC) retirement...

September 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Do the estimates of income replacement in retirement take into consideration the single biggest cost and worry for retirees: health care?

September 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Industry groups have recommended to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) a “safe harbor” correction for automatic enrollment failures.

September 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – You may not realize it, but emotions play a big part in your investment choices, according to...