May 11, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A retirement security crisis is looming if the decline in defined benefit plans is not reversed, said David Strauss, Executive Director of the...
April 11, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A last-minute addition to a pending bankruptcy reform bill could put millions of Americans' retirement savings at risk.
November 10, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to vote next week on a rule that could give plan sponsors a better idea...
July 10, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers will return from the July 4th recess this week with a number of pension reform provisions on the docket, including proposals that...
August 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's largest employer suddenly finds itself at the center of a number of discrimination and harassment suits from a number of its...
May 9, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers and managers descended on Washington today, charging that an Administration proposal would destroy S corporation ESOPs by taxing them out of existence.
December 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Republican leaders have decided to postpone pursuing passage of pension reform proposals, until after the anticipated election of Texas Governor George W. Bush.
November 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two Louisiana pension funds have triumphed in the second largest-ever settlement ever obtained from a corporate defendant in a securities class action, acting...
August 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service may have just taken another step toward elimination of the "same desk" rule in a recent private letter ruling,...
June 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's parent McGraw-Hill has accused the ever-frugal Vanguard Group with breach of contract, trademark infringement and unfair competition in federal court....
September 7, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate Finance Committee has unanimously approved sending the Retirement and Savings Act on to the Senate for a vote later this month.
August 7, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers might be required to extend benefits to all workers, including temporary, part-time, leased employees and contractors under a bill recently introduced in...
In a legislative session frequently marred by partisan bickering, the need for dramatic pension reform drew an astounding level of bipartisan support in 2000 - only to run...
In a legislative session frequently marred by partisan bickering, the need for dramatic pension reform drew an astounding level of bipartisan support in 2000 - only to run...
October 6, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service says that a parent company's contribution of stock to subsidiary in a so-called rabbi trust has not changed hands...
October 6, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued proposed regulations that new comparability plans must satisfy to use the cross-testing method in meeting nondiscrimination requirements.
September 5, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There are some noticeable differences between the House and Senate versions of the pending retirement savings legislation that impact plan sponsors, including a...
May 5, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Several federal agencies are reviewing whether plan sponsors provide early retirees with adequate information when faced with a choice between annuities and lump...
October 4, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly five thousand pensioners have been reconnected with their "missing" pensions totaling some $10 million during the past year, thanks to the Pension...