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The Worst, Wacky Savings Idea?

Each month, Bells & Whistles highlights recent product introductions¬ that plan sponsors may find of interest.

The most successful retirement plan advisers

Lawsuits allege that participants were charged excessive fees for 401(k) investments

Through the end of October, defined benefit (DB) plans had a favorable, if unexciting, investment year in 2006. The far bigger news came on the legislative and accounting...

FASB changes the rules

Rohm and Haas leads the way on fastest-growing form of equity pay

Trying to rein in executive pay

Marker v. Northrop Grumman Space & Missions Systems Corporation Salaried Pension Plan

Experts say delay in 409A regs could prove a "lifesaver" for some

Wearaway, early retirement, and fairness

Can DC plans alone shoulder the retirement savings burden? Not without change

It's not the rules, it's the volatility

New class-action lawsuits aimed at revenue-sharing

The Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) is arguably the most significant piece of pension legislation since the passage of ERISA in 1974.

ERISA's rules require that, when selecting and monitoring plan investments, fiduciaries use "the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent man acting...

Part-timers gain health-care benefits at REI

In November, Global Custodian, PLANSPONSOR's sister publication, gave its prestigious Annual Lifetime Achievement Award to Bridge¬water Associates, the Westport, Connecticut-based institutional asset management firm, and to its founder,...

With final regulations still elusive, NQDC providers vie for their share of a growing business