PLANSPONSOR Announces 2011 Finalists for Pension and Retirement Plan Sponsors of the Year
Winners to be Honored at PLANSPONSOR's Annual Awards for Excellence, March 24
NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PLANSPONSOR, the nation's leading retirement plan resource, today announced the 2011 finalists for its annual Plan Sponsor of the Year awards, across five distinct workplace segments:
Corporate Sector - Large |
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Aflac |
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Beckman Coulter, Inc. |
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Delta Air Lines |
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Deluxe Corp. |
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Ernst & Young |
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Gartner, Inc |
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Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation |
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Corporate Sector - Small |
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illy Caffe North America, Inc. |
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Swiss International Air Lines Ltd. |
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Tapemark Company |
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Public Sector—Defined Benefit Pension |
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Colorado PERA |
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Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund |
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Public School and Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri (PSRS/PEERS) |
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Public Sector/457 |
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State of California Savings Plus Program |
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State of Alabama 457 Deferred Compensation Plan |
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Nonprofit/403(b) |
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Florida Institute of Technology |
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Heritage Valley Health Systems |
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McLeod Health Systems |
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Riverside Health |
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Each Plan Sponsor of the Year finalist will be recognized at PLANSPONSOR's Annual Awards for Excellence dinner in New York on March 24, and also will be featured in the March issue of PLANSPONSOR magazine. The winners in each category will be unveiled in early March. At the Awards for Excellence celebration, PLANSPONSOR will also announce the winners of its annual Retirement Plan Adviser and Retirement Plan Adviser Team of the Year.
On an annual basis, the editors of PLANSPONSOR magazine identify individuals or institutions/employers that demonstrate leadership in providing a more secure retirement for workers. According to Nevin E. Adams, Editor-in-Chief of PLANSPONSOR, "Each of the finalists has distinguished itself in unique and quantifiable ways, and with demonstrable results during this especially critical period. We are pleased once again to be able to acknowledge a true diversity of contributions and leadership by organizations that are seriously committed to helping workers retire with dignity."
Last year's winners included Ohio Deferred Compensation, Legacy Health System, Texas Municipal Retirement System, and NV Energy, Inc.
Previous recipients have included Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, WellSpan Health, West Virginia Teachers' Retirement System, and the City of Los Angeles, M. A. Mortenson Company; The YMCA Retirement Fund; The Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS); the State of Hawaii; American Airlines; the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS); IBM; the United Methodist Church; Gary Amelio, Executive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board; David Bronner, Head of the Retirement Systems of Alabama; the FDNY Pension Fund; and General Motors Asset Management's Allen Reed.
About PLANSPONSOR
PLANSPONSOR magazine, an Asset International publication, is the nation's leading authority on retirement issues and benefits programs. Along with its sister publication PLANADVISER, PLANSPONSOR.com provides comprehensive news and commerce services dedicated solely to helping employers and financial advisers navigate the complex world of retirement plans and benefit programs on behalf of their employees or clients. For more information, see www.plansponsor.com.
PLANSPONSOR is headquartered at 1055 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, CT 06901.
About Asset International
Asset International is a privately-held provider of information and technology to global pension funds, asset managers, financial advisers, banking service providers, and other financial institutions in the private and public sector. Its industry-leading brands include Strategic Insight, SIMFUND, Plan For Life, PLANSPONSOR, PLANADVISER, aiCIO, Global Custodian, and The Trade. The company has offices in New York, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne and Stamford, CT. For additional information please contact Nevin Adams at [email protected].
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