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The agency's Limited English Proficiency Program can translate important retirement information into any of 147 different languages for participants.

Ten member companies have purchased SPARK and its lobbying wing, the SPARK Institute, transforming the retirement plan trade association into a non-profit.

In reviewing impending 2012 regs, it looks like small 401(k) plan sponsors will be left holding the bag.

The Labor Department's April 1 deadline for new 401(k) plan fee disclosures may be pushed back beyond that date as even the final ruling itself has been delayed multiple times. The extra time would be useful to clarify the disclosure directives, insiders say.

Rumor has it the Department of Labor may once again push out the compliance deadline for 401(k) fee disclosure rules.

One of the worlds largest pension funds is divesting from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds, a Dutch pension fund, said it will no longer invest in the retail giant because of its repeated violation of international labor standards.