The SPARK Institute and the Investment Company Institute have released a Sample Glossary of Investment-Related Terms for Disclosures to Retirement Plan Participants that defined contribution plans can use and adapt in complying with new Department of Labor participant disclosure regulations requiring plans to give participants specific information about plan investments,...

The Southwest Airlines Pilots Retirement Savings Plan took the top spot in BrightScopes Year-End Top 30 Ratings List covering 401(k) plans with more than $1 billion in assets. The Southwest plan bumped The Savings Plan of Saudi Arabian Oil Company to the number 2 spot after it held the...

Citigroup sold off the last of its 8 million share stake in Primerica. Primerica was spun off in an initial public offering in April 2010. After that deal, Citigroup owned about 40 percent of Primerica common stock. In April 2011, Citigroup publicly sold 12 million shares of Primerica stock, reducing...

With all the staff reductions many employers have done over the recent years, fewer people are left with more responsibilities, and this can lead to performance issues, particularly among managers, says Jason Carney, director of human resources at WorkSmart Systems Inc., a professional employer organization in Indianapolis.

Walgreen's first-quarter earnings fell more than 4 percent due in part to a slow flu season and its split with the Express Scripts pharmacy network.

Seeking to break a stalemate that is threatening 160 million workers with Jan. 1 tax increases, President Barack Obama urged the top leaders of Congress Wednesday to first pass a short-term extension while promising to work with lawmakers on a full-year measure.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. released Tuesday advance informational copies of the 2011 Form 5500 annual return/report and related instructions.

Many states that posted big population gains in the 2010 census are now seeing their decade-long growth fizzle, hurt by a prolonged economic slump that is stretching into larger portions of the South and West.