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October 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rich Linton, the recently appointed head of Business Retirement Solutions at Bank of America (BofA) Merrill Lynch, has announced organizational changes to his...

October 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) on Thursday released its long-awaited final rule governing a wide variety of investment option disclosures, including fees...

October 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) announced two appointments to its fixed income and equity investment teams.

October 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pension software provider BLAZE SSI and preapproved document provider McKay Hochman have worked out an agreement allowing the two companies to exchange data...

October 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – State Street Global Markets has announced the launch of its Systemic Risk Index that measures the U.S. equity market’s vulnerability to market shocks.

October 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – GE Asset Management (GEAM) has hired Steve Johnson as Senior Vice President and Head of Sales – U.S. and Asia.

October 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Van Eck Global has launched Market Vectors China ETF (nyse arca:PEK).

October 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – FundQuest, a provider of research and wealth management solutions, announced that Investment Professionals Inc. (IPI) has launched its Private Asset Management (PAM) platform...

October 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sixty-eight percent of institutional investors believe a double-dip recession is unlikely, according to a Northern Trust Global Advisors (NTGA) poll.

October 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has published a white paper on the latest 403(b) regulations and the impact on fiduciary duties, including Form 5500...

October 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Aon Corporation has announced a $325 million restructuring plan, undertaken in connection with its acquisition of Hewitt Associates, in which 1,500 to 1,800...

October 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A suit filed by five pension funds against Washington Mutual Inc., the former owner of the biggest U.S. bank to fail, has been...

October 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Engineering giant Bechtel has agreed to an $18.5 million settlement of an excessive 401(k) fee suit.

October 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Thirty-six percent of workers with college degrees in a new CareerBuilder survey now say they wish they had studied something else when they...

October 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Hedge fund service provider BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services (AIS) has named two executives to new global roles.

 

October 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Six women have filed suit against Citigroup with allegations the bank ran an outdated "boys club" that illegally discriminated against women over pay,...

October 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The ASPPA College of Pension Actuaries (ACOPA) has asked the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to exempt well-funded plans and plans with 20...

October 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Benjamin Woloshin has joined New York Life Insurance Company as senior vice president and head of relationship management for its Retirement Income Security...

October 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – PlanServe Data Systems announced that Alerus Retirement Solutions has converted its corporate retirement plans to PlanServe’s Relevant Pension Portal (RPP) platform.

October 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Local government officials are looking to employee benefit cost-sharing arrangements with employees to help deal with the looming budget shortfall many of them...