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As the U.S. retirement plan industry prepares for new cost disclosures in 2012, heres a simple fact to remember: The surest and quickest way to reduce participants all-in cost of retirement plan ownership is to add index funds to the menu.

Fiduciary Plan Governance, LLC, a team of retirement plan specialists and former Department of Labor senior investigators, will host a seminar for plan sponsors and fiduciaries in Waltham, Mass., on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011.

Nearly half of large companies, with more than 1,000 employees, automatically enroll employees in their retirement plans, and an additional 36 percent are considering implementing this feature, according to Diversifieds Report on Retirement Plans-2011.

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BrightScope, Inc. has put on hold plans to launch an online forum where consumers can write reviews about their financial advisers.

As baby boomers look ahead to retirement, they'd prefer a home that is affordable, accessible to medical care and close to family. But an Associated Press-LifeGoesStrong.com poll finds that amid a shaky economy, few think it's likely they'll move in retirement.