Prudential

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  Retirement plan consultants offer tips for providers

  By Danielle Andrus  |  May 1, 2013

  A survey identified where service providers need to improve to gain more business.

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  Prudential, Jefferson National expand VA investment lineups

  By Maria Wood  |  April 29, 2013

  Insurers aim to tamp down risk, while still offering investors more fund options.

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  FSOC hones in on insurers' interest rate risk

  By Arthur D. Postal, Elizabeth D. Festa  |  April 25, 2013

  An FSOC official said the focus is due to the increased risk people take on when interest rates and volatility are low.

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  FSOC to meet; still debating SIFI

  By Arthur D. Postal, Elizabeth D. Festa  |  April 24, 2013

  They will meet Thursday to approve the FSOC annual report, but signs indicate the first designation of a SIFI is near.

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  Workers need to put more dollars in DC plans

  By Maria Wood  |  April 24, 2013

  As companies shift from defined benefit to defined contribution plans, workers must be engaged in the process and save more, experts say.

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  Mercer U.S. Pension Buyout Index held steady in first quarter

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  April 22, 2013

  The aggregate funded status of pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies increased to an estimated 82 percent as of March 31, their highest level in more than a year.

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  What does Warren Buffett know that you should?

  By Brendan Lynch  |  April 9, 2013

  Structured settlement annuities can help carriers manage asset and liability management well — and spur growth in the process.

• Putting together the annuity puzzle

  By Michael K. Stanley  |  April 9, 2013

  When I retire, in about 40 years or so, I plan to have some type of annuity as a component to my overall investment strategy. In addition to my 401(k), my Roth IRA and my hobby of messing around on E-Trade (which I have to admit I am about as...

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  Lawsuit over Verizon pensions goes class action

  By AP Staff Writer  |  April 2, 2013

  A federal judge in Dallas ruled that the lawsuit met the conditions for a class action.

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  Prudential Retirement expands Pension Risk Transfer team

  By Noah Guillaume  |  March 27, 2013

  Rohit Mathur joined the company’s pension risk transfer team in the newly created role of senior vice president, Global Product and Market Solutions.