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July 30, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) retirement plans will have more time to comply with new rules concerning swaps.  

July 30, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli appointed Vicki Fuller as the new chief investment officer (CIO) for the $150.3 billion New York...

July 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Tom Harkin’s (D-Iowa) new report, "The Retirement Crisis and a Plan to Solve It," has received mixed reviews.

July 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) is asking premiers to enact provincial legislation that would provide universal access to Pooled Registered Pension Plans (PRPPs).

July 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A district court said those who invested funds through ERISA-regulated plans with Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC are ineligible to recover funds...

July 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution (DC) plan participants transferred monies from equities into fixed-income investments in June despite the market rally, according to the results of...

July 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The summer brings higher temperatures—and according to benchmarking data from Charles Schwab, it also brings a higher rate of 401(k) loans.

July 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSPOR.com) - No advantages exist for employers to eliminate group health benefits and accept Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) penalties, according to a...

July 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite higher premiums and out-of-pocket costs for health care benefits, U.S. workers’ satisfaction levels with employer-provided health care coverage has either risen or...

July 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DOL) is suing the former CEO of a New Jersey paving company, saying he sold stock to his company’s...

July 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global equity markets rallied in June, but second-quarter performance suffered as the global economic picture showed little signs of sustained improvement, a report...

July 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Income from defined benefit (DB) pension plans significantly contributes to the well-being of older Americans.

July 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 19% of full-time public sector workers are very confident in their retirement income prospects, with many expressing concern about the impact of...

July 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the last decade, working women’s access to and participation in employer-sponsored retirement plans have improved relative to men’s, but they still face...

July 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual of Omaha’s Retirement Plans Division named Diane Kolvek and J. Michael Peddicord as regional sales directors, and Robert Nourse as national accounts...

July 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -  Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc. (GBS) released a private insurance exchange platform to be offered in partnership with Liazon Corporation.

 

July 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two industry groups have expressed concern that the Internal Revenue Service’s new proposed definition of a governmental plan would adversely impact charter school...

July 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to require sitting judges to pay more of their salary toward their retirement...

July 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The increase in cost of Canadian health benefit plans significantly slowed for a second consecutive year, according to a survey.

July 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exchange-traded fund (ETF) sponsors are compensating for the lack of live data on new funds by using an index’s back-tested data to predict...