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October 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced fraud charges against more than a dozen penny stock promoters and their companies, including a star on...

October 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Schwarzenegger administration and Service Employees International Union Local 1000 have reached a tentative labor agreement that includes higher contributions by California government...

October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former New York state Comptroller Alan Hevesi has pleaded guilty to a felony corruption charge for accepting free travel and campaign contributions from...

October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - September produced the strongest one-month gain this year in funding status for the typical U.S. corporate pension plan, which moved 4.6 percentage points...

October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study finds that auto-enrollment and auto-contribution escalation in 401(k) plans can result in a big improvement in retirement savings, depending on...

October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vanguard has appointed Wellington Management Company, LLP and Delaware Investments as investment advisers to Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund.

October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors (FTREA) has hired Philip F. Alfieri as Director of Investments, Real Assets.

October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Newkirk has announced the availability of an enhanced QDIA Notice Service.

October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hartford has announced the appointment of Don MacQuattie as vice president and director of retirement plans for healthcare, education and tax-exempt (HETE)...

October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – UNIFI Companies has announced the appointments of Tim Stonehocker and Jim Schulz.

October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Morgan Stanley Investment Management has been granted its motion to dismiss charges it breached its fiduciary duties to a pension plan sponsor by...

October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has agreed with a lower court judge that an employer was allowed to drop an option allowing participants to...

October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Forty-five percent of employees recently surveyed said they have health coverage from their employer, down from 50% in January 2008.

October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study finds one in five workers age 50 or above has retired from his old employment and moved into a new...

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BlackRock, Inc. announced that Chris Leavy will join the Company as Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Fundamental Equity - a newly created position.

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a survey conducted for insurer WellPoint, Inc., most employees (83%) think more highly of employers that offer voluntary insurance benefits than...

October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Stanley, Hunt, DuPree & Rhine (SHDR) is rolling out an enhancement to its consumer-directed health plan administration services that it said will ease...

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a letter responding to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board’s (GASB’s) preliminary views (PV) on pension accounting and financial reporting by employers, the...

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Russell Investments has launched the Russell Global Infrastructure Fund and the Russell Global Credit Strategies Fund.

October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thirty companies and organizations won't be required to raise the minimum annual benefit included in low-cost health plans covering seasonal, part-time, or low-wage...