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July 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In anticipation of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) issuing its Exposure Drafts outlining new rules for how state and local governments account...

July 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. REITs continued to outperform the broader equity market in the second quarter and the first half of 2011, according to NAREIT, the...

July 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Echo Point Investment Management has announced the appointment of Howard Hassen as Consultant Relations Specialist.

July 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Retirement Services has announced that Mark Berman will join the firm as regional sales director for its Great Lakes market.  

July 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a recent press release, Wesley S. Chan will join Acadian Asset Management LLC as Director of Research Operations. 

July 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When defined benefit plans were the prominent employer-sponsored savings vehicle, employees didn’t worry about accumulating savings; they knew they were going to get...

July 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There’s always a lot of talk about how to improve participant behavior in a retirement plan, but sometimes it’s the plan sponsor that...

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SunTrust Banks, Inc. has appointed Ernest N. Dawal as Chief Investment Officer for its Private Wealth Management and Institutional Investment Solutions.  

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SunTrust Banks, Inc. has appointed Ernest N. Dawal as Chief Investment Officer for its Private Wealth Management and Institutional Investment Solutions.  

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Meeder Financial has launched the Flex-funds Total Return Bond Fund (FLBDX).

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Portland, Oregon-based Morley Financial Services has announced the appointment of Bill Gardner as director...

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although organizations are concerned about costs when deciding which health benefits to offer employees, less than half (42%) offer Consumer-Directed Health Plans (CDHPs), according...

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Supplemental industry reports to Vanguard’s How America Saves analysis show industry differences in plan design and participant behavior.

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – John Keefe, Contributing Editor, PLANSPONSOR, told attendees at the PLANSPONSOR National Conference that there has always been a theoretical need for liability-driven investing...

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J.P. Morgan Asset Management has been selected as the investment manager and distributor for New York's 529 College Savings Program Advisor Plan.

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC...

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Ascensus announced that plan design tools are now available for financial advisers.

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual Retirement Services has announced the hire of three new relationship...

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has announced that Suzanne M. Dugan and Luke...

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Penn Millers Insurance Company has introduced ComPENNsation, a Web-based workers’ compensation toolkit for agents and insureds.