[Official Guidance]
DOL Amicus Brief, Supporting Plaintiff-Appellant in Taylor v. Keycorp
"[The DOL Secretary] frequently participates in cases where the standing and rights of plan participants to enforce ERISA's strict fiduciary standards are at stake, and therefore has a strong interest in filing a brief as amicus curiae on the constitutional standing issue presented in this appeal. . . . This brief address[es] the following issue: Whether the plaintiff established 'injury in fact' sufficient to confer constitutional standing."
(U.S. Department of Labor)
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DATAIR Retirement Plan Document Software (advert.)
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Why People Are Not Wired for Successful Retirements
"People don't know much about financial decisions, but even if they did, research shows, their preference for immediate gratification at the expense of longer-term rewards would lead them away from sound retirement planning and investments."
(U.S. News & World Report)
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Six Ways to Measure the Success of a 401(k) Plan
"When companies set out to measure how successful their 401(k) plan is, they generally don't do it based on how comfortably their former employees are supporting themselves in retirement. Instead, employers evaluate how many employees use the plan and whether the benefits offered are competitive with other companies in the same industry."
(U.S. News & World Report)
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Taxpayers and Public Pensions
The website, Pension Risk Matters, reprints a press release from the California Foundation For Fiscal Responsibility on the question of 'Should Public Employees Pay Half the Cost of their Retirement Benefits?"
(Susan Mangiero)
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Report Shows Retirement Plan Participants Increasing Use of Advice
"Bank of America Merrill Lynch's quarterly '401(k) Contribution Activities Scorecard' shows plan sponsor adoption and participant utilization of advice services continued growth in 2010 [and] there was a 99% increase in participants accessing the advice tool and a 97% increase in participants receiving and reviewing specific advice within their 401(k) accounts."
(PLANSPONSOR.COM)
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America Saves Week, February 20-27, 2011
"During America Saves Week, individuals will be encouraged and assisted to assess their savings progress and take action to advance this progress. This encouragement and assistance will be provided by organizations and professionals with an interest in improving the financial security of individuals and families."
(American Savings Education Council / Consumer Federation of America)
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New York City Mayor's Plan on Pension Changes
"[The proposed changes to the pension system for New York City's municipal work force include] raising the retirement age for new employees and eliminating a bonus for retired police officers and firefighters."
(The New York Times; one-time registration required)
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[Opinion]
Vanguard Comments on Target-Date Disclosures
"Our experience has shown us that the use of charts and graphs and, where possible, web-based tools to illustrate a TDF's asset allocation at various points in time is more effective than narrative descriptions."
(The Vanguard Group)
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[Opinion]
SPARK Institute Comments on the Definition of Fiduciary Proposed Rule (PDF)
"[W]e are concerned that the Proposal may have significant unintended consequences that will adversely affect the products and services that are available to retirement plans and may severely limit plan sponsors' ability to cost effectively get the information and support they need with respect to their plan investment options."
(The SPARK Institute)
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Preventing ERISA Claims and Litigation - March 29-30, 2011 (advert.)
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Benefits in General; Executive Compensation
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Press Releases
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