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MassMutual offers fee disclosure training program to its associates

By Paula Aven Gladych

MassMutuals Retirement Services Division has developed a comprehensive education-based fee disclosure training plan to get ahead of the curve when pricing transparency rules go into effect later this year.

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Fidelity lists top 30 investment themes of 2012

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December 21, 2011

SPARK Institute and ICI release fee disclosure glossary

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,...

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December 21, 2011

BrightScope releases top 30 401(k) plans

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...

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December 19, 2011

IRI to FIO: Focus on current state of retirement savings

In a letter to the Federal Insurance Office today, the Insured Retirement Institute encouraged the FIO to focus on the insurance regulatory system in the context of the current state of retirement savings in America and the need for consumers to insure against the risk of outliving their assets as...

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December 16, 2011

10 fee disclosure facts every plan sponsor should know

Perhaps, after its all said and done, the end of the Mayan Calendar the Year 2012 will not mark the end of civilization as we know it. Maybe it just will just mark the beginning of the end of overpriced 401*(k) service providers.

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December 15, 2011

Security Benefit, Mesirow launch 401(k) product with fiduciary protection

Security Benefit Corp. is partnering with Mesirow Financial to launch a new 401(k) product with fiduciary protection.

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December 15, 2011

MassMutual launches new fund

MassMutuals Retirement Services Division has launched a new fund, called the MassMutual Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund. The fund features portfolio management by MassMutual affiliate Baring International Investment Limited.

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December 14, 2011

403(b) plans becoming more like 401(k)s

Not-for-profit 403(b) retirement plans continue to grow and adapt to new regulations and a volatile economy, according to a new study by the Plan Sponsor Council of America. Many have taken to emulating their private sector counterparts in the 401(k) market, adhering to guidelines set forth in the Employee...

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MassMutual offers fee disclosure training program to its associates

Big opportunities in small retirement plan market

Fidelity lists top 30 investment themes of 2012

Recommended Just For You

Investment Instruments Stories

SPARK Institute and ICI release fee disclosure glossary

BrightScope releases top 30 401(k) plans

IRI to FIO: Focus on current state of retirement savings

10 fee disclosure facts every plan sponsor should know

Security Benefit, Mesirow launch 401(k) product with fiduciary protection

MassMutual launches new fund

403(b) plans becoming more like 401(k)s