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July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CFO influence in IT is growing as CFOs alone have authorized 26% of all IT investments, while CIOs alone have authorized only 5%...

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Manulife Asset Management has announced that Nils C. Hegstad, CFA, will join its global...

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Continued scrutiny by regulators and legislators on the fees and outcomes of defined contribution (DC) plans is pressuring revenues at organizations that provide...

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An annual census by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) of U.S. health insurance carriers shows that the number of people covered by health...

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to WorldatWork’s 38^th Annual Salary Budget Survey, salary increases are slowly trending upward toward pre-recession levels.  

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee pessimism regarding pay raises increased in the second quarter of 2011, according to the Q2 Glassdoor Employment Confidence Survey.

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legal & General Investment Management America (LGIMA) announced in its quarterly Pension Fiscal Fitness Monitor that U.S. corporate defined benefit plan funding ratios...

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cerulli's latest report, “Advisor Portfolio Construction Dynamics,” reveals that as advisers are building investment portfolios for their clients, they are using fewer asset...

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cerulli's latest report, “Advisor Portfolio Construction Dynamics,” reveals that as advisers are building investment portfolios for their clients, they are using fewer asset...

July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A panel at the PLANSPONSOR National Conference in Chicago discussed five things retirement plan sponsors need to know about being a fiduciary.

July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With 12% of retirement plan assets in target-date funds and 40% of new assets going into TDFs, panelists at the PLANSPONSOR National Conference...

July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA) Board of Trustees has chosen ING's Retirement division to serve as the sole recordkeeper for its...

July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An update from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College indicates that the funded status for local government pension plans fell from...

July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service announced that it has reached an agreement with the Millennium Multiple Employer Welfare Benefit Plan (Millennium Plan).

July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Phil Senderowitz, Senior Plan Consultant, 401(k) Advisors, told attendees of the PLANSPONSOR National Conference that to know whether their retirement plan is ready...

July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey from jobs and career community Glassdoor finds 45% of employees and those self employed who have taken/plan to take a...

July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial Benefits Network has launched a new benefits resource portal that provides employers and employees easy access to corporate benefit information and personal...

July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bad breath, disheveled clothing, piercings and tattoos ranked highest among personal attributes employers said would make an employee less appealing for a promotion.

July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has added to its Global Stock Plan Software...

July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock markets in Asia are getting much less liquidity from mutual fund allocations compared to last year, as cash flows to emerging market...