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Benefits | August 16th, 2011

Report Finds Relationship between Having Pension and Retirement Age

August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a new Issue Brief released by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, authors contend the increase of older workers in...

Benefits | August 16th, 2011

Nice Guys Really Do Finish Last in the Workplace

August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to a recent study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, men who are agreeable in the workplace are...

Products | August 16th, 2011

Report Encourages Adoption of Retirement Income Solutions

August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Institutional Retirement Income Council (IRIC), a non-profit think tank for the institutional retirement industry, has published a new issue brief detailing why...

Administration | August 16th, 2011

CalPERS Shifts Asset Allocations

August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees Retirement System’s (CalPERS) investment committee voted to lower the $226.1 billion fund’s goal for real estate as a proportion of...

Benefits | August 16th, 2011

Hospitals Expand Worker Smoking Restrictions

August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Some health care employers are extending their smoke-free policies to regulate smoking during breaks and the smell of smoke on employees.

Benefits | August 16th, 2011

MA Nurses in Disagreement over Pension Plan

August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, who thought they had negotiated a more favorable retirement plan last October at four Caritas Christi Health...

Administration | August 16th, 2011

SEC Sues Broker for Defrauding Wisconsin School Districts

August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged St. Louis-based brokerage firm Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. and a former senior executive with defrauding five...

Administration | August 15th, 2011

CalPERS Earmarks up to $200 Million for New Emerging Managers Program

August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has approved a new $200 million program for emerging real estate managers.

Benefits | August 15th, 2011

Study Finds Telecommuters More Ethical

August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a survey of more than 200 firms, the Ethisphere Institute and Jones Lang LaSalle found employees who work from home commit less...

Compliance | August 15th, 2011

TN Court Rules against Nissan in Return-to-Work Case

August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Tennessee's Supreme Court has found that a former Nissan North American, Inc. worker is eligible for additional workers compensation benefits because the company did not...

Administration | August 15th, 2011

Market Downturn Highlights Importance of Risk Strategies

August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Current stock market instability and falling bond yields underscore the risk defined benefit pension plan sponsors are assuming if they don’t have measures...

Administration | August 15th, 2011

S&P Issues Report on Mid-Cap Funds in DC Plans

August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An S&P report contends that if the goal of employers is to offer retirement plans that are capable of generating adequate retirement funding...

Products | August 15th, 2011

Newkirk Announces 403(b) Participant Fee Disclosure Solution

August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Newkirk announced a single document participant fee disclosure solution for ERISA 403(b) plans.

Benefits | August 15th, 2011

Benefits Brokers and Consultants See Opportunities

August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the slow economic recovery and the uncertain impact of health care reform, benefits brokers and consultants appear optimistic about the future of...

Deals and People | August 15th, 2011

ERISA Lawyer Joins Davis Polk

August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP announced Jeffrey P. Crandall is joining the firm in New York as a partner in its Executive Compensation...

Administration | August 15th, 2011

Institutional Investors Increasingly Using Transaction Cost Analysis

August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Originally adopted by institutional investors mainly as a tool for compliance, transaction cost analysis (TCA) is increasingly being integrated into the institutional investment...

Deals and People | August 15th, 2011

Bill Simon to Head Retirement Plan Services Group at Brinker Capital

August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) – Brinker Capital announced William P. (“Bill”) Simon, Jr. has joined the firm in the newly created position of Managing Director, Retirement Plan Services....

Administration | August 12th, 2011

Ohio Teacher System Posts Near 23% Return

August 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Final fiscal year returns show the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio’s (STRS Ohio) Total Fund returned 22.6% for the year ending June...

Compliance | August 12th, 2011

11th Circuit Finds Health Care Mandate Unconstitutional

August 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a 2-1 decision, a federal appeals court panel has sided with 26 states in finding that the requirement in the Patient Protection...

Compliance | August 12th, 2011

Regulators Propose Rules on Small Biz Health Exchange Participation

August 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Departments of Health and Human Services and Treasury have proposed standards and processes for employers enrolling in qualified health plans and insurance...