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February 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – E*Trade has rolled out a new advice solution that it says will “help investors navigate complex market dynamics.”

February 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - What is the most popular card-sending occasion in the United States?

February 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PLANSPONSOR, the nation’s leading retirement plan resource, today announced the 2009 finalists for its annual Plan Sponsor of the Year awards, across four distinct workplace segments. 

February 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Heading into Super Bowl weekend, a new report focused attention on another “contest”

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An update from accounting firm Eisner LLP indicates that those IRS employment compliance audits could begin as soon as this month.

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sean Tahany has joined Cammack LaRhette Consulting as part of their Business Development team.

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) participants took positive savings actions within their retirement savings plans in Q4 and throughout 2009, according to the latest quarterly "401(k) Contribution Activities Scorecard" report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. on Monday demanded that the state’s two largest public pension funds comply with state law requiring them to divest from Iran-linked companies.

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lissa Thomson has been promoted to senior vice president, chief consultant for Lockton Benefits Group's Southern California operations.

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The median return for its universe of institutional plans was 3.1% in the fourth quarter and 19.4% for the year ended December 2009, State Street reported.

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill requiring placement agents to register as lobbyists before pitching investment ideas to public pension plans in California has been introduced in the state Assembly.

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ETF industry assets fell by $45.3 billion for the month, or 5.8%, according to State Street Global Advisors' January 2010 ETF Snapshot.

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - RidgeWorth Investments has launched a new Web site that has an interactive, customizable retirement plan benchmarking tool and general resources that 401(k) advisers can use to help plan sponsors meet their fiduciary duty.

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The value of golden parachutes for chief executives and other senior officers at America’s 20 largest publicly-traded companies has decreased by approximately 40% in the past two years.

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Companies in the S&P 1500 suffered a slight drop in their pension plan funded status in January to 83% from 84% the month before, according to Mercer.

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer’s fourth-quarter 2009 Defined Contribution Universe Summary found gains in all equity markets during the period.

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Bond funds saw inflows of $29 billion in December 2009, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Less confident of their employees’ ability to sock away a sufficient retirement nest egg, mid- to large-sized companies in a new Hewitt Associates survey say they plan to step up their efforts in 2010 to help with that goal.

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Washington Times is reporting that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched internal investigations against more than two dozen employees and contractors for viewing pornography on their government computers.

February 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shareholders of Xerox Corporation and of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. have approved Xerox's acquisition of ACS.