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April 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While a large number of employers expect an increase in the cost of providing benefits to employees, two-thirds are making no immediate changes...

April 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Twenty-seven percent of workers in a recent survey admitted they’ve been bullied in the workplace and most have neither confronted the bully nor reported the...

April 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ING hired Dwayne S. McGraw to serve as Head of Valuation for the U.S. Retirement Services division, effective April 11.

April 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dow Jones Indexes announced the addition of four new indexes to its family of Dow Jones RBP Indexes.

April 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most large employers are now beginning to rethink their retiree health care strategy as a result of federal health care reform, according to...

April 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - S&P Indices announced that it is launching two new indexes designed to provide market participants with unique measuring tools for specific stock characteristics...

April 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Detroit workers’ pension boards have asked a court to declare unconstitutional a new law allowing state-appointed emergency financial managers to, among other things, impermissibly...

April 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) has recommended the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) create a stakeholder advisory group.

April 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking for some input on the effectiveness of existing investor education efforts.

 

April 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by two of Bernard Madoff's former clients which accused the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...

April 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A consulting firm survey has found that the top reason offered by workers for staying in their current job is because they like...

April 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New research finds employee disillusionment with the traditional performance review process.

April 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In the past two years, nearly 40% of human resources leaders saw changes in their company's medical benefits plan design or carrier, according...

April 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Burnham Benefits Insurance Services has opened an additional corporate office in Tysons Corner, Virginia.

April 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Despite concerns about the impact of rising health care costs on their businesses and employees, only 16.3% of executives say they favor a...

April 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - RetirementWORKS, Inc., and its parent company, Still River Retirement Planning Software, Inc., announced the creation of a new retirement consulting unit.

April 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BenefitVision, a provider of employee benefit communication, enrollment and data management services, announced that Charles Schwartz has joined the firm as Vice President,...

April 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has launched a new integrated financial education campaign designed to “help people put their financial pictures into clear focus...

April 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – BlackRock announced that Jack Chandler will join the company as Global Head of Real Estate.

April 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than half of human resource professionals are making use of social networking Web sites for potential candidates, a significant increase from 2008.