April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Minneapolis-based RSM McGladrey Inc., a tax consulting and accounting firm, has acquired Iowa-based Tower Pension Specialists, a recordkeeping and investment advisory firm.
April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-Research by the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI) shows that while Social Security's funding has improved since 1997, it could be affected by the recent...
April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with a faltering steel industry, lawmakers are drafting legislation proposals aimed at financing the costs of health insurance for steel workers and...
April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of former LTV Steel Corporation employees have set up a company to offer health and other benefits to former workers and...
March 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the ongoing search for a new interest rate to use for pension calculations, Congress should consider a number of suggested alternatives or...
March 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The postage rate increase threat has been raised to orange in the past several weeks, because of Congress' refusal to back legislation allowing...
March 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The financially ailing parent of United Airlines announced that a decade of employee control might fade into history within a few weeks following...
March 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IBM again urges shareholders to vote against proxy proposals related to its pension and retirement medical plans at its annual meeting.
March 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The investment returns of the nation's largest pension plans were roughly half that of their smaller cousins in 2000, with an average return...
March 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 16% of 401(k) participants have access to investment advice through their employer, according to a new study, and less than half of...
February 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in Microsoft's employee stock option program (ESOP) recently filed four securities arbitration claims against Merrill Lynch & Co and Salomon Smith Barney.
February 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Conference Board's annual survey of corporate philanthropy reveals company contributions to worthy causes is on the rise.
February 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge fund manager David Webb has set up a Cleveland-based hedge fund company that will specialize in buying and selling equities.
January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer stock practices could come under some new pressure from two of the nation's largest pension fund investors.
January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Berger LLC, investment manager for Berger Funds, and Stilwell Financial, are to acquire Enhanced Investment Technologies (INTECH) from Prudential Financial.
January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US steel makers can now present a united front in their continuing efforts to promote industry consolidation, specifically in advancing a request for...
December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of Polaroid Corporation's retired executives have appealed to the company's board of directors to stop making lump-sum pension payments to employees...
December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As part of a settlement in a Department of Labor (DoL) lawsuit, a federal court has ordered Premark International to provide supplemental life...
December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The tidal wave of departing assets from embattled Putnam Investments continued with word that a large UK company and a state of Indiana...