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April 19,2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CPI Qualified Plan Consultants Inc. appointed Vicki Keffer senior manager for public education. 
 

April 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A House committee approved a bill that would allow federal employees to phase into retirement by working part-time and collecting a partial annuity. 

April 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Illinois House approved a proposal to make it more difficult for government workers to get pension increases. 
 

April 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nortel Networks Inc. won court permission to hire a mediator to try to resolve...

April 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to the 2011 Wells Fargo Retirement Plan Sponsor Survey, 50% of companies have not measured their employees’ retirement progress.
 

April 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer released the e-book “What’s Working Around the World.” 
 

April 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Michael Rasmussen joined The Segal Company’s public-sector health practice in Atlanta as vice president and consulting actuary. 
 

April 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Slightly more than a third of companies (37%) use social media networks to research...

April 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court decided neither a plan participant nor ConAgra Foods retirement plan and committee have met its summary judgment burden in a...

April 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court's decision about excessive fee claims against John Hancock.

April 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department will issue guidance on the...

April 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American households may experience a potential income drop of 28% in retirement.

April 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Transamerica Retirement Services appointed Darren Zino as division vice president of the company’s mid-Atlantic region. 
 

April 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Committee on Ways and Means heard testimony on tax-favored retirement accounts on Tuesday. 
 

April 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler) added three attorneys to the firm’s expanding Employee Benefits and...

April 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan automation solutions play a key role in the plan design process, according to...

April 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc., added collective investment funds (CIFs) and exchange-traded funds (ETFs)...

April 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -  State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) launched SSgA Upromise 529 Plan. 
 

April 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Confidence in retirement savings and overall financial security both dropped one point, to 57% and 41%, respectively, according to Country Financial’s Security Index.

April 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group updated its defined benefit termination program and released a white paper.