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Products | December 21st, 2010

Dow Jones Announces New Country Classification System

December 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dow Jones Indexes has announced a new country classification system that will apply to all countries covered in its major index families.

Products | December 21st, 2010

SPARK Announces Effort to Develop Standards for Fee Disclosure

December 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute has issued a Compliance Alert regarding potential fee disclosure problems and fiduciary issues for plan sponsors and certain providers of...

Products | December 20th, 2010

Towers Watson Acquires Benefits Outsourcer

December 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Towers Watson has agreed to acquire Aliquant, a privately-held health and welfare benefits administration outsourcing firm.

Products | December 20th, 2010

The Hartford Extends Workers’ Comp Billing Solutions to More Firms

December 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. will now offer XactPAY, its payroll-based workers’ compensation premium payment service, to mid-size and larger commercial customers.

Products | December 17th, 2010

Principal Says Payroll Tax “Holiday” an Opportunity to Save

December 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Not only will your taxes not go up on January 1, those who pay into Social Security will actually get...

Products | December 17th, 2010

Bandon to Launch Alternative Long-Short Fixed Income Mutual Fund

December 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bandon Capital Management, LLC, has announced plans to launch its first mutual fund.

Products | December 16th, 2010

Prescription Solutions Fields Benefits Tool

December 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Prescription Solutions, a pharmacy benefits management (PBM) organization and UnitedHealth Group company, has launched an online program called the Benefit Preferences Tool.

Products | December 16th, 2010

Fidelity Unveils Stock Option Netting Service

December 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fidelity Investments has launched its automated stock option netting functionality.

Products | December 16th, 2010

Ascensus Improves Retirement Platform

December 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ascensus, a retirement plan solutions provider for broker/dealers and RIAs, announced enhancements to its retirement platform that it says “simplify retirement plan management.”

Products | December 16th, 2010

Northern Trust Announces Enhanced Risk Tools

December 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has enhanced its suite of risk tools by integrating BarraOne with its global operations platform to strengthen predictive risk analytics and...

Products | December 16th, 2010

Ashmore to Bring Emerging Market Skills to US

December 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ashmore Investment Management Limited., an investment manager dedicated to Emerging Markets, says that regulatory approvals have been obtained to offer...

Products | December 15th, 2010

Keane Spins Off Risk Management Firm

December 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials from The Keane Organization, a provider of specialty compliance and risk management expertise, have created a spinoff company, Risk Compliance Performance (RCP)...

Products | December 15th, 2010

Northern Trust Keeps Custody of LA Fire & Police Pensions

December 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has been reappointed as global custodian for the Los Angeles Fire & Police Pension System.

Products | December 15th, 2010

Still River Introduces Enhanced Web Calculators

December 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Still River has released enhanced Paycheck Comparison and State Retirement Plans Web calculators.

Products | December 14th, 2010

Mid Atlantic Trust Company Announces IRA Solution

December 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mid Atlantic Trust Company (MATC) has worked with Inspira to create an IRA capture solution that enables clients to enter the automatic and...

Products | December 14th, 2010

Guardian Offering Enhanced Fund Lineup for Retirement Platform

December 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. is introducing an enhanced fund lineup for its group retirement product platform.

Products | December 14th, 2010

MassMutual Helps Non-Profits Consolidate 403(b) Assets

December 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In 2010, MassMutual has seen the demand from non-profits to consolidate 403(b) assets increase exponentially over 2009.

Products | December 14th, 2010

NC Hospital Chooses VALIC as 403(b) Provider

December 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – VALIC has been selected as the exclusive 403(b) plan provider by Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital for its more than 800 plan participants.

Products | December 13th, 2010

Trust Company Introduces Investment Management Platform for 401(k)s

December 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mid Atlantic Trust Company (MATC) announced the launch of its new platform, ModelxChange, which allows 401(k) professionals to incorporate mutual fund and/or exchange-traded...

Products | December 13th, 2010

New Index Tracks Companies that Support Fight against Diseases

December 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dow Jones Indexes is launching a new index in collaboration with the Global Fund, which will help generate resources for the Global Fund's...