Latest News

 

May 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Combining 401(k) plan features including automatic enrollment, automatic increase and personalized saving/investing advice can significantly increase employee participation rates.

May 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities, was nearly unchanged from its prior month’s level...

May 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cost-shifting to employees will continue, and companies will ramp up efforts to encourage employees to adopt healthy habits and save for health care...

May 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) says the exemptions put into the new health law’s contraception coverage rules are not enough.

May 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nevin Adams has been named director of the American Savings Education Council.

May 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DCAdvisors has appointed John Rowe to its client consulting group and leadership team.
 

May 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL) has published guidelines for state and local government disclosure obligations when offering bonds to the market.

May 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation that would close the teachers’ pension plan to new public school employees and put them into a 401(k)-style retirement plan passed the...

May 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration made a technical correction to recently released Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2012-02.

May 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - VALIC has been selected as the exclusive retirement plan provider for the Georgia Independent College Association (GICA).

May 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Lockton Retirement Services has published an article describing common audit issues uncovered during the most recent 403(b) plan audits.

May 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) introduced a bill to build on efforts to incorporate private sector best practices into the Thrift Savings Plan...

May 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Protecting retirement assets from risk is the most important concern for Americans of every age, according to Charles Schwab’s quarterly Retirement Pulse Survey. 

May 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a white paper offering guidelines about initiatives and reforms that will bolster the voluntary employment-based retirement benefits...

May 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The South Carolina Senate approved a pension reform plan with fewer changes than the state House proposal.

May 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Some retirement plan sponsors mistakenly believe their fiduciary liability ends when the company doors close.

May 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ERP Actuaries & Consultants hired Bill Radonavitch as director of new business development.

May 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Matthew Orozco as a regional sales director for the Midwest market.

May 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American workers realize they are behind in saving for retirement, and are adjusting their expectations accordingly.

May 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint in a federal court in Idaho regarding a violation of the Employee Retirement Income...