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July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While there are a number of strategies for combating asset-value erosion from inflation, each has strengths and weaknesses.

July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Brian H. Graff, executive director and CEO of The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) has responded to the budget proposal...

July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a survey of 105 public and private pension funds, endowments and foundations across the United States and Canada, nearly 40% of the...

July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – UBS Investment bank has announced the release of two ETRACS IPO Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) that are linked to the performance of the...

July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors who work with a financial adviser are more likely than those who don’t to think of global investing as an important strategy...

July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new CareerBuilder survey finds nearly three-in-ten (28%) employers say they are less likely to promote someone who has a disorganized or messy...

July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of the largest federal employee unions is launching a public awareness campaign to lobby against proposals targeting the pay and benefits of...

July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health and benefits administration technology provider Innovative Process Administration, LLC (IPA) has announced the release of easyBill Wizard, a self-service billing and...

July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute has released a draft of data standards for investment product providers and recordkeepers to electronically share investment related information that...

July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – TheLadders.com, a recruitment site for professionals ($100K+), will be expanding its services to include all professional careers.

July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Express Scripts Inc. has announced that it will buy Medco Health Solutions Inc. for $29.1 billion in cash and stock.

July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faltering global equity markets largely erased fixed income advances during the June quarter, according to a survey of Canadian pension plans and money...

July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America has appointed Jason Frain Vice President, 401(k) Product Management and Development, Retirement Solutions.

July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Jon Tester (D-Montana) has introduced a bill that would allow parents grieving the death of a child to receive up to 12...

July 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fiduciary Management Associates (FMA), a Chicago-based institutional investment manager, has officially launched its Small-Mid (SMID) Cap Value Equity Strategy.

July 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a letter to Congress, the Pension Rights Center urged legislators to support the Department of Labor’s proposed regulation defining the term "fiduciary”...

July 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MetLife Resources has prepared a paper to help plan administrators understand their new obligations regarding the communication of investment-related performance and fee information...

July 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Principal Financial Group has announced the release of The Principal Warranty, designed to help financial professionals, third party administrators (TPAs) and plan...

July 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and officials from 20 other states filed a brief with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that challenges...

July 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forward Management, LLC has announced the introduction of a new no-load “investor” share class for three of its real estate and infrastructure funds.