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August 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Principal Financial Group has announced the launch of the Your Services program, designed to help retirement plan sponsors manage their fiduciary obligations. 

August 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Trumbull, Connecticut, Town Council nearly unanimously passed an agreement to bar new, nonunion employees from joining the town's established pension system, and...

August 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Detroit Mayor Dave Bing reached what he called a landmark agreement with the Detroit Police Officers Association (DPOA) to change their retirement benefit...

August 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls in Albany, New York, says financial restraints have prevented it from making 403(b) contributions.

August 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced that the trust fund for prefunding public employee retiree health benefits and other post-employment benefits...

August 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only a small proportion of companies assess cultural issues as part of their integration plans for mergers and acquisitions (M&As), a new survey...

August 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal district court has approved an additional award of fees and costs incurred by attorneys representing participants who previously won a cash...

August 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An appellate court has affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for lack of...

August 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Connecticut State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier announced that the state pension funds, known collectively as the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds (CRPTF),...

August 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Global consultant Towers Watson has announced the appointment of three new investment analysts in Australia: Deepti Tammareddi, Andrew Tay, and Jordan Taylor.

August 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bank of America Merrill Lynch has announced the appointments of Michael Keady and Page Howell to its Consultant Relations team. 

August 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MassMutual has announced the hire of Garrett Carlough and Andrew Hanlon as sales directors to its Retirement Services sales and client management organization. 

August 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, representing 1,000 employees of Republic Airways Holdings and its Frontier Airlines, approved a new collective bargaining agreement that...

August 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ex-Hawke Government Minister Susan Ryan has been appointed Australia's first-ever Age Discrimination Commissioner.

August 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board said it is investing $284 million in four U.S. properties, but withheld financial details on a fifth.

August 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After seven years of wrangling in a discrimination case, 20 firefighters will receive a $2 million payout from the city of New Haven,...

August 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies increased by $74 billion during July, from a deficit of approximately $231...

August 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A California employer group has filed an amicus brief in a case over whether 401(k) plan fiduciaries breached their duties by selecting retail-class...

August 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Securian Retirement has added twelve new investment options for retirement plan sponsors and participants, now offering employers more than 120 investment options. 

August 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan in July fell 4.9 percentage points to 83.6%, the worst level since the...