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January 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed into law pension reforms aimed at fixing some loopholes in the system.

January 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – SPARK and The SPARK Institute were purchased from Robert Wuelfing and reorganized as a single non-profit, member-driven association.

January 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CBIZ, Inc. purchased the employee benefits and retirement book of business from Advantage Benefit Planning (ABP) of Pleasantville, New Jersey, effective December 30, 2011.

January 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadians across three generations want to retire before 65, but don’t seem financially prepared to achieve that goal.

January 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service opened the 2012 tax filing season by announcing that taxpayers have until April 17 to file their tax returns.

January 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Plan Sponsor Council of America (PSCA) debuted a new website and education opportunities for members.

January 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Bank of Albuquerque discharged two managers because they were women and over 40 years of age.

January 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Annuity Think Tank, a website dedicated to annuities, has acquired Private Pension Plan, an educational resource company specializing in private pension plans.

January 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies reached $484 billion at December 31, 2011, an increase of $169 billion...

January 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lincoln Financial Group appointed Emily Pachuta as head of the Consumer Insights group within the Insurance Solutions/Retirement Solutions (IS/RS) division.

January 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined effects of poor investment returns and decreasing interest rates during 2011 caused the Towers Watson DB Pension Index to fall 16.2%.

January 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan fell 2.7 percentage points...

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service has issued interim guidance on informational reporting to employees about the cost of their group health insurance coverage.

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Grand Central Partnership, Inc. (GCP) violated a consent decree and committed new illegal acts, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service has issued a number of Revenue Procedures revising procedures for furnishing advice to employee plans.

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four out of 10 employers expect to devote more time addressing retirement plan governance over the next two years.

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New research indicates Americans could retire up to 10 years early and with a higher standard of living if they did so outside...

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New research indicates that having employer-sponsored retiree health benefits could encourage workers...

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled the state's pension system can collect $156 million in overpayments to retirees.

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Great-West Retirement Services enhanced its websites for plan sponsor clients, advisers and third-party administrator (TPA) partners.