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August 8, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A LIMRA study of annuity buyers found that the top reason consumers gave for buying their annuity is to supplement their Social Security...

August 8, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Life Retirement Plan Services has enhanced its Client Access website, with upgrades to plan participation and contribution dashboards for each plan...

August 8, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will affect some employers far more than others, according to a survey.

August 8, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. employers are increasingly relying on incentives to drive participation in health programs and encouraging employees and their families to take better care...

August 8, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Non-retired Baby Boomer voters (ages 50 to 64) are pessimistic about retirement, an AARP survey found.

August 8, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer’s proprietary environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings will be included in client reports related to manager searches and performance.  

August 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An analysis from the Social Security Administration (SSA) shows how income replacement in retirement decreases over time.

August 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A San Diego judge denied a union attempt to stop voter-backed city pension reforms from moving forward.

August 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer’s Retirement, Risk & Finance business named John Galarneault as a principal in the firm’s Minneapolis office.

August 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A true understanding of longevity risk is the needed catalyst for U.S. corporate pension plans to more actively adopt de-risking strategies, according to...

August 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Russell Investments unveiled a series of six target-duration liability-driven investing (LDI) commingled trust funds.

August 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Although the majority of defined contribution (DC) plan participants say their DC plan is their primary retirement savings account, they are not putting...

August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Embedding in-plan guaranteed retirement income options in defined contribution (DC) plans is a key solution to improve DC plan participants’ overall retirement preparedness,...

August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Provider fee disclosures can be a useful tool for retirement plan sponsors, according to a new report.

August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has enhanced its defined contribution (DC) plan participant statements to help paint a clearer picture of participant retirement readiness.

August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Targeted at small businesses, 401KAdministrationServices.com is a new specialized full-service 401(k) plan recordkeeping service. 

August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined benefit (DB) plans experienced the worst decrease in funded status in the 12 years since Milliman Inc. began tracking DB funding.

August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Negative returns from domestic and international equities may have caused U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors in the Northern Trust Universe to lose 1.5%...

August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a rising bond market, falling equity returns -- especially international equity -- proved to be a drag on the performance of all...

August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are eyeing a variety of health care cost-control measures for 2013, according to a new survey by the National Business Group on...