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William Mitchner joined the Cleveland office of Segal Rogerscasey as a vice president and senior consultant.

Sports fans turn increasingly to mobile devices and social media to keep up on scores and their favorite teams’ news, a survey says. 

Brandon Budd has joined The Standard as a retirement plan consultant for the company’s south sales region. 

Software developer NextCapital Group says it is building digital portfolio management and advice delivery tools that have the potential to reshape the defined contribution (DC) retirement plan industry.

Great-West Financial has completed its acquisition of the J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services large-market recordkeeping business.

Benjamin Thomason has joined Securian Retirement as a divisional vice president with expertise in large plans.

Pentegra Retirement Services introduced the “Pentegra SmartPath,” a new brochure that details recommended progressive 401(k) plan design best practices.

Unified Trust Company has partnered with Castle Rock Innovations to implement the AXIS Retirement Analytics Platform for plan cost and performance benchmarking purposes.

Thomson Reuters launched a suite of indices to measure the performance of European companies with superior ratings for environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) practices.

MassMutual has named Aruna Hobbs as head of institutional investments for retirement plans.

John Krieg has been appointed global head of institutional distribution at Northern Trust Asset Management.

Among approximately 75 large employers, nearly one-quarter (24%) are currently using a white label approach to naming defined contribution (DC) plan investment options, Aon Hewitt finds.

Safe harbor 401(k) plans require an initial plan year at least three months long, making October 1 the effective deadline for establishing a new safe harbor plan in...

Moira Hagy has joined Assurance Financial Services’ retirement plan services team as a vice president.

Retirement plan investment adviser Plan Strategies, Inc. (PSI) launched three portfolio allocation offerings.

The Internal Revenue Service is holding a “Retirement Plan Hot Topics” webinar September 11.

PSA Insurance & Financial Services Inc. has established a strategic partnership with The PFE Group that unites the companies' fiduciary consulting practices.

The retirement plan world of 1974, when the Employee Retirement Income Security Act was passed, is almost unrecognizable to the one we live in. 

For four decades, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) has provided a durable federal framework for employers that sponsor health and retirement benefit plans for...

Defined contribution plan sponsors may find it challenging to get employees to engage in retirement saving and planning, but there are ways to get employees’ attention.