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PBGC Takes Chicago Clothing Manufacturer's Plan

January 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) has assumed responsibility for the underfunded pension plan covering nearly 13,000 former workers and retirees of Hartmarx...
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PBGC Takes Value City Subsidiaries' Plans

January 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has assumed responsibility for two underfunded pension plans covering about 760 former workers and retirees of GB...
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PBGC Takes Over Eddie Bauer Pension Plan

January 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The nation’s private-sector pension insurer has taken over the underfunded pension plan for more than 1,800 former employees and retirees of bankrupt specialty...

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IRS Explains How to Fix 409A Document Woes

January 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released an in-depth primer on how taxpayers can voluntarily better comply with regulations governing documents for nonqualified...
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PBGC Premiums Can be Filed Electronically

January 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) said both Estimated Flat-rate premium filings and Comprehensive filings for plan years beginning in 2010 may now...
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IRS Explains New DB Auto Approval Procedure

December 31, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Saying it has gotten “numerous” questions from single-employer defined benefit plan sponsors or their actuaries about changes in plan valuation software,  Internal Revenue...
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PBGC Seizes Plan from Cigarette Lighter Maker

December 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The nation’s private-sector pension insurer is taking over the underfunded pension program for more than 460 workers and retirees of a New Jersey-based...
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SEC Says Broker Churned Municipal Accounts

December 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Houston-based broker with engaging in “unauthorized and unsuitable” trading on behalf of two...
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DoL Publishes 2009 Form M-1 for MEWAs

December 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has published the 2009 Form M-1 annual report for multiple employer welfare arrangements...