Employee benefits

U.S. stocks rose, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average capping its best week since January, as disappointing economic data fueled bets that any Federal Reserve stimulus cuts this month would be moderate.

Not all plan sponsor responsibilities can be delegated away.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the largest U.S. pension fund, invested in a new-home community two years after it reduced its involvement in similar projects following losses in the housing bust.

Funds designed to appeal to do-it-for-me investors.

The pension fund has shifted its focus to income-producing properties.

For those who have taken the time to read through the model exchange notices recently released by the Department of Labor you may have noticed some glaring issues with the questions, writes UBA CEO Thom Mangan, who helps provide some clarity.

As a companion piece to our Sept. 1 cover story, Balancing act, work-life fit expert Cali Williams Yost authored this article to show how one employer embedded flexibility training into its employee development programs.

As long as retirees enroll with the private insurance exchange, IBM will subsidize their health care premiums at a similar level, the company says.

The percentage of employees that rate themselves as being financially secure has dropped since 2011.

The cost of ‘Obamacare,’ “is much more sensitive than people previously appreciated” to employers’ decisions to drop coverage, says Jay Bhattacharya, an economist and Stanford associate professor of medicine.

Features include streamlined product menu, built-in fiduciary service, tools and support

Why it’s not a good development for your clients.

At Tuesday’s ACA “pulse check” on Capitol Hill, four contractors gave the U.S. House of Representatives their take on exchange preparedness just three weeks until opening.

After three consecutive months of funded status improvement and a record 12 months of strong performance, the funded ratio retreats to 89.4%

Client service still focuses a great deal on relationships, but another key factor has also emerged.

Time Warner Inc. yesterday said it would steer retired workers toward a privately run exchange, days after a similar announcement by International Business Machines Corp.

Consumers are likely to turn to their spouses, co-workers and parents for help with benefits decisions – in part because those decisions can affect them, too, and in part because those are the people to whom they most relate.

EBN spoke to Jay Starkman, CEO of Engage PEO, about the AMA classification of obesity and how it might affect employer decisions.

Regulations outline the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate.

Benny winner Dianne Howard partners with unions, schools to launch wellness program.