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February 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than 60% of multi-employer pension plans were in the green zone for 2011, according to a Segal Company survey.

February 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BlackRock's iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business launched seven new fixed income funds. 

February 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pyramis Global Advisors, a Fidelity Investments company, hired Mike Jones as its president and CEO.

February 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While women across generations are willing and eager to provide financial support to their family members, they are also placing a strong emphasis...

February 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced a limited window for covered plans that have never paid required premiums to pay past-due premiums...

February 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have agreed on a plan to extend the social security payroll tax cut and expand unemployment...

February 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has found income that becomes available to bankrupt debtors after their 401(k) loans are fully repaid is “projected disposable...

February 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Retirement Services appointed Troy Testa as regional sales director for Michigan.

February 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey shows 57% of workers age 60 plus said they will look for a new job after retiring from their current company.

February 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual's Retirement Services Division promoted John Budd and added Brian Mezey to its sales and client management organization.

February 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Working together to increase K-12 employee participation in 403(b) plans can produce benefits for advisers, school districts and employees alike. 

February 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors Co. plans to freeze its U.S. pension plan for longtime white-collar workers and give all salaried employees annual bonuses but not...

February 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aequitas Capital Management added two executives at its Portland headquarters.

February 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – DST Systems, Inc. announced a new administrative solution that makes retirement income products more widely available to sponsors of defined contribution retirement plans...

February 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – T. Rowe Price launched Ready-2-Retire, a web-based tool that allows investors to envision how they might live in retirement. 

February 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Michael Hall joined Lincoln Financial Distributors, the wholesale distribution subsidiary of Lincoln Financial Group, as national sales manager for Institutional Retirement Solutions Distribution...

February 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Contribution patterns to account-based health plans are changing, according to a report from the...

February 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fund managers have turned significantly more cautious about the prospects for world growth and investment returns, according to a global survey of investment...

February 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) released an actuarial staff analysis that outlines the costs associated with creating a hybrid pension plan...

February 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most Americans who anticipate a tax refund this year won’t be spending it unwisely, according to a recent survey conducted by TD Ameritrade...