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April 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute and the Investment Company Institute (ICI) released a sample investment term glossary for retirement plan participants.

April 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new white paper explores how exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are created, and takes an in-depth look at the potential risks and advantages involved.

April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) released its first report chronicling the pension fund’s efforts in sustainable investing.  

April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit seeking to recover losses suffered by participants in the Parrot Cellular Employee Stock Ownership Plan...

April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lingering low interest rate environment helped make equities more attractive in Q1, reports Ibbotson.  

April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Transamerica Retirement Services launched an asset allocation service designed to make saving for retirement easier for participants in company-sponsored retirement plans.

April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AlwaysCare Benefits now offers a solution to employers seeking a basic health care coverage alternative.

April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wells Fargo made enhancements to the website for 401(k) participants in the employer-sponsored retirement plans it administers.

April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Philadelphia Orchestra Association settled with a national musicians' pension fund that had threatened litigation over the orchestra's withdrawal.

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.