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March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Media accounts make it seem public pensions are financially insecure and costly but, while some state and local plans have become underfunded in...

March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It is a myth that defined benefit (DB) plans cost more than defined contribution (DC) plans, according to Joshua Gotbaum, director of the...

March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In February, corporate pension plans experienced a $20 billion improvement in funding, according to Milliman's Pension Funding Index. 
 

March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Whether their defined benefit plans are open or closed, many organizations are focused on de-risking while they evaluate alternatives for maintaining or terminating...

March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new economic impact study finds that pension benefit expenditures provide an economic stimulus to the economy, including more than $1 trillion in...

March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sentry Insurance selected Mesirow Financial to provide comprehensive fiduciary partnership services to retirement plan sponsors.

March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide Retirement Solutions has redesigned and enhanced its website to better serve public sector plan sponsors and participants. 

March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is hosting a voluntary fiduciary correction program (VFCP) advanced workshop.

March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is continuing its efforts to disseminate its work through the use of emerging technologies by releasing a...

March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer announced key leadership appointments to the structure of its U.S. Region. 

March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer announced key leadership appointments to the structure of its U.S. Region. 

March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Thirty-six percent of workers reported they discuss politics at work. 

March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average funded status of Fortune 1000 pension plans were reduced by four percentage points during 2011. 

March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Qualified Plan Consultants, LLC  (QPC) released its new Audit Protection Plan (QPC APP).  

March 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wilshire’s 2012 Report on Funding of State Retirement Systems shows an increase in the...

March 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS)  issued a private letter ruling concluding that defined benefit (DB) plan participants who stop working for their employer...

March 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Office of Personnel Management  (OPM) accelerated its processing of retirement claims in February, according to agency statistics.

March 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - M&I Institutional Trust Services (M&I) introduced RightTrack, a suite of education and advice tools for 401(k) plan participants. 
 

March 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funding position of a defined benefit pension plan is often linked quite closely to the performance of the sponsoring company’s business, J.P....

March 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unions representing 6,500 New York State court employees are suing the state for changing members' healthcare benefits while contract negotiations were still under...