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April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Between 2005 and 2009, the rate of poverty among American seniors rose as they aged.

April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A white paper by the MetLife Mature Market Institute looks at a number of theories about the impact Baby Boomers have had on...

April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most Americans get their health coverage through their jobs, however, research from the Employee...

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three-quarters (76%) of middle-income Americans between ages 50 and 69 say they are sticking with their jobs because they want to....

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Starting this month, the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund is paying 2.23% interest on accounts in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP).

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Anova Consulting Group introduced a participant-focused program for retirement plan providers and sponsors.

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Security Benefit Corporation has formed a partnership with fi360 for fiduciary education.

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – J.P. Morgan Chase (JPMC) did not breach its fiduciary duties to a pension plan by investing the plan's assets in Lehman Brothers notes...

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two former leaders of the Mexican American Community Services Agency (MACSA) are being charged with felony grand theft for misusing employees’ retirement funds.

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The city of Kingsport will officially withdraw from the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System later this year.

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Louisiana attorney general's office has issued an opinion saying the Louisiana Constitution blocks charter schools from leaving the state teacher retirement system.

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Company match contributions are beneficial for retirement plan participants, but they can also provide benefits for sponsors, including employee attraction and retention.

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has concluded that defined contribution retirement plan approaches...

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new white paper from J.P. Morgan discusses a glide path strategy for corporate defined benefit (DB) plans.  

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges against a former California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) CEO and a placement agent.

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The annual Trustees report on the financial health of Social Security Trust Funds says funds will be exhausted by 2033, three years sooner...

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A judge in the Cayman Islands ordered the liquidation of the flagship fund of a New York hedge fund manager.

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy last week.  

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of retirees is suing North Carolina’s employee health plan for breach of contract.

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Marymount Manhattan College refused to hire a choreography instructor for a tenure-track assistant professorship because of her age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...