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March 30, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The New Hampshire House of Representatives approved a proposal to end the defined benefit plan for public workers and switch to a 401(k)-style...

March 29, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In 2011, the 100 largest U.S. corporate pensions had record-high pension liabilities. 
 

March 29, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc. agreed to change its board structure to persuade a union pension fund to drop a shareholder proposal that would...

March 29, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 100 largest public employee retirement systems in the U.S. total holdings and investments showed a quarterly increase in the fourth quarter of...

March 29, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The greatest retirement planning concerns among Americans include protection against inflation, the ability to pay for health care and the cost of long-term...

March 29, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The greatest retirement planning concerns among Americans include protection against inflation, the ability to pay for health care and the cost of long-term...

March 29, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research shows that most investors ages 21 to 50 are generally familiar with the tax advantages of IRAs and have used them...

March 29, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer has developed exchange-type offerings designed to help organizations of all sizes manage employee and retiree health plans.

March 29, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has added two relationship managers to its client services team.

March 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com)  - Forty-three percent of male workers believe they are saving enough money in order to...

March 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – On the final day of arguments about the health care reform law, the U.S. Supreme Court justices indicated they may throw out parts of...

March 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A coalition of retirement plan trade associations is urging the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to permit broader use of electronic communications to...

March 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. launched three Morningstar Ultimate Stock-Pickers Indexes. 

March 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon Capital Management Corporation named G. Kent Fleming as director, institutional sales, for the northeastern United States.

March 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ShareBuilder 401k is expanding its All-ETF 401(k) platform with the addition of five funds. 

March 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS) sued Deloitte & Touche.

March 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Massachusetts-based Brockton Retirement Board sued an Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. fund for allegedly untrue and misleading statements in the fund's solicitations. 

March 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In 2011, more younger workers say they accepted a job offer from a company because it offered a defined benefit (DB) pension plan. 

March 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court dismissed an age discrimination claim against Wal-Mart Stores. 

March 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – How communications are framed is known to influence how readers respond to them.