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January 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SunTrust Banks, Inc. added Discretionary Trustee Investment Management service to its institutional 401(k) platform.

January 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer released what its team believes to be the five most important pension risk...

January 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Schwab Retirement Plan Services Inc. launched Schwab Index Advantage, a 401(k) plan offer designed to lower costs, simplify investing and help workers better...

January 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Brown Advisory added a new mutual fund, the Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund. 

January 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Brown Advisory added a new mutual fund, the Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund. 

January 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Saving for retirement and protecting their families in case of death is important to Americans across generations. 

January 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mike Ziccardi joined the Paybridge team as director of strategic partnerships.

January 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has increased the health insurance coverage of adult children between 2009 and 2011, according to...

January 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors are not fully knowledgeable of their plan administrative fees.

January 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill barring newly hired employees of lobbying organizations from receiving taxpayer-funded pension and health benefits was approved by the New Jersey Assembly.

January 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SEI’s biannual Pension Lifecycle Meter shows the majority of U.S. corporate pensions are still accruing benefits.

January 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. healthcare spending experienced historically low rates of growth in 2009 and 2010, according to the annual report of national health expenditures (NHE)...

January 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Over half (58%) of Americans indicate they would feel more confident about their finances if they had a financial plan in place. 
 

January 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investment managers are gaining confidence in the U.S. economy, according to a quarterly survey conducted by Northern Trust.

January 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Only 8% of women strongly agree they are building a large enough retirement nest egg.

January 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Educating employees was chief among plan sponsors’ concerns in 2011, according to Kevin Crain, head of institutional retirement and benefit services for Bank...

January 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ETF flows topped $19 billion in December 2011. 

January 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Principal Financial Group expanded its investment fiduciary support to include ERISA 3(21) and 3(38) fiduciary services. 

January 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Monocacyfabs, Inc.,of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has been ordered to restore $34,000 to its 401(k) plan.

January 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a securities fraud lawsuit brought by four pension funds.