Paula Aven Gladych

• Detroit advisor accused of stealing $3.1M from pension plan

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 12, 2013

  The SEC has accused a Detroit-based investment advisor of stealing nearly $3.1 million from the city's police and firefighter's pension plan.

• DOL sues to recover $4.9 million for DB plan participants

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 12, 2013

  The federal goverment is attempting to recover $4.9 million for defined benefit plan participants of an Iowa iron casting foundry and a Michigan manufacturer.

• SPARK wants fee disclosure extension

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 11, 2013

  The SPARK Institute has asked the U.S. Department of Labor for an extension of the deadline when retirement plan sponsors are required to provide participant fee and investment disclosure materials to participants.

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  Vanguard: One-third of 401(k) participants choose pros

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 11, 2013

  Professionally managed options continued to gain ground in 2012, with more than one-third of Vanguard plan participants investing in them.

• Institutional investors confident they can manage risk

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 10, 2013

  Institutional investors are confident they know how to manage risk, despite market swings, inflation and weaker returns.

• Pension group worries about tax reform

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 10, 2013

  Conditions may be right for sweeping tax reform, but ASPPA wants to make sure those changes don’t gut the private retirement system.

• Variable annuities offer a bright spot

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 6, 2013

  Variable annuity sales showed some improvement in the first quarter, a positive sign for an industry that has been slumping.

• DOL launches online retirement toolkit

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 6, 2013

  The U.S. Department of Labor has launched an online retirement toolkit to help workers navigate the murky waters of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

• Funded status of corporate pensions at highest level since 2011

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 6, 2013

  The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan rose 5.6 percentage points in May.

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  Proposed PBGC changes cause concern

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 5, 2013

  Many industry groups are up in arms about proposed PBGC regulation changes.