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New York Times is Freezing Pension Plan
November 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York Times Company has amended The New York Times Companies Pension Plan, a...
Tag: Defined Contribution (DC)
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Mercer Identifies Challenges for Multinats' Benefits Programs
November 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a new report, Mercer identifies key considerations for multinational employers when formulating their benefit...
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UK Pensions Regulator Says Retirement Income Education Could Improve
October 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An assessment by the UK Pensions Regulator found there's room for improvement in the provision...
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FMC Technologies Freezes DB Plan
October 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FMC Technologies Inc. announced it has frozen its defined benefit plans and is increasing contributions...
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Prudential Suggests DC Plans Design Improvements
October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Redefining defined contribution (DC) plans will dramatically improve outcomes for plan sponsors and participants, according...
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Workers Still Committed to Workplace Retirement Plans
October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey conducted by the ING Institute for Retirement Research found that, despite the uncertain...
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PSCA Finds More than Half of Plans Offer Advice
October 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Profit Sharing/401k Council of America's (PSCA) 52nd Annual Survey of Profit Sharing and 401(k)...
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Canadian Employers to Reassess Retirement Programs
October 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over half (59%) of employers that responded to Hewitt Associates' Canadian Retirement Trends 2009 survey...
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Auto DC Features Not Just a U.S. Trend Anymore
October 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The adoption of automatic features to defined contribution plans is hardly just a U.S. development...
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Transamerica Offers Plan Benchmark Tool
October 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small- and mid-sized plan sponsors may now have an easier time keeping up with the...
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Conn. Town Gets Union Agreement on DC for DB Switch
October 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials of a Connecticut community have hammered out an agreement with an employee union to...
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Goodyear to Make DB to DC Switch for Union Employees
October 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will phase out a defined benefit pension plan covering union...
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NJ Companies Have Slowed Contribution to Retirement Plans
September 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey by O'Meara Financial Group finds New Jersey's economy has affected retirement plan participation...
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Employers Put Plan Changes on Hold Pending Economy Change
September 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Aon Consulting survey indicates employers are taking a wait-and-see approach before changing their retirement...
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S.C. Medical Center Reworks Pension Program
September 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A South Carolina hospital is restructuring its retirement savings program, including a freeze on its...
Northern Trust Announces Two DC Appointments
September 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust announced that Anthony Wilkins has been named Global Head of Defined Contribution Sales...
Callan DC Index Turns Around in Q209
September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After six consecutive quarters of losses, the Callan DC Index posted a gain of 12.26%...
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DC Plan Contribution Rate Increasers Still Outnumber Decreasers
September 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report from the Vanguard Center for Retirement Research indicates that during the recent...
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Poll Finds Strong DB Support
September 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifty-four percent of employees in a new Watson Wyatt survey say they are satisfied with...
MassMutual Sees Participants Returning to Equities
August 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The greatest proportion of participant assets in plans administered by MassMutual's Retirement Services Division is...