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January 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - James K. Edler, Jr. has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for charges arising from three separate indictments.

January 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A WorldatWork survey of U.S. organizations found that the average number of workers promoted during 2009 was 7%, down from a typical yearly...

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Charles Schwab on Tuesday agreed to pay more than $136 million to settle charges of wrongdoing in connection with the marketing of its...

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that private sector workplace discrimination charge filings with the federal agency nationwide hit an unprecedented...

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of health savings accounts (HSAs) and health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) increased to 5.7 million in 2010, according to a January 2011...

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ETF industry assets rose $63.3 billion for the month of December—up 6.8%.

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – If money market mutual funds (MMFs) are required to shift to a floating net asset value (NAV) reporting structure, as some policy makers...

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Capital announced the launch of a new Emerging Markets Tradable Local Currency Bond (EMLOCAL) Index.

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. has closed the WHG SMidCap Fund (WHGMX) to new investors.

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Aon Hewitt has introduced its delegated investment consulting solution for better management of Canadian defined benefit plans of all sizes.

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –Towers Watson has named Chris DeMeo head of investment for North America.

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – PIMCO is launching eight Canadian-registered mutual funds.

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In December, plans in the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index experienced asset increases of $24 billion and liability decreases of $20 billion, resulting...

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Several New York state judges say the Empire State owes its 1,300 jurists $780 million in back pay and pension benefits starting April...

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A third-party administrator committed a fiduciary breach when it paid its expenses with funds supposed to be used for benefit claims in a...

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – When the going gets tough, the best employers stand by their employees – and they’re willing to tell you how.

 

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Maryland nonprofit has adopted a tobacco-free policy and has recently stopped hiring tobacco users.

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of San Diego’s redevelopment agencies is suing Morgan Stanley, the city’s outside auditor, and another local firm for mistakes in connection with...

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The National Tax-Sheltered Accounts Association says many 403(b) sponsors still do not know what the minimum requirements are to comply with universal availability...

January 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Findley Davies has released its new Pension Indicator online resource.