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October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Michigan has thrown out a fiduciary breach lawsuit against State Street Bank and Trust filed by General Motors 401(k)...

October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away a request by Nestlé Purina Petcare Co. to review an 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Russell Investments has launched a new series of benchmarks to reflect the global frontier market.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)  has posted to its Web site Spanish versions of model notices required under the...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – State Street Corporation has enhanced its wealth manager services capabilities.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – 3M Co. has announced it will eventually stop offering its health-insurance plan to retirees, citing the federal health care overhaul as a factor.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Supreme Court has upheld Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's order to furlough state workers.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (MSRPS) announced that Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Mansco Perry, III will be leaving his post at...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Mercer outsourcing principals Peter Gosselin, Shawn Charles, and Julie Doran have formed Gosselin Consulting Group LLC, an independent, full-service institutional investment consulting...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Corporation announced that Samuel (Sam) Cole will join the company next month as executive vice president and deputy head of State...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Most benefit plan cost trend rates for 2011 will remain unchanged from 2010, according to the latest Segal Company forecasts.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An audit report claims the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) could do more to protect retirement plan assets from conflicts...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stress is the top health issue driving wellness strategies for employers in Africa/the Middle East, Asia, Australia, Canada, and Europe, according to preliminary...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Tom Masteller as regional sales director for the Pittsburgh marketplace.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sixty-one percent of respondents in a recent Mercer survey said the most serious global mobility compliance issue involved tax return revisions caused by...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of U.S. pension plans improved during September from the historic low position recorded at the end of August, resulting in...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legal & General Investment Management America’s (LGIMA) Pension Fiscal Fitness Monitor shows that pension funding ratios rebounded 2% in the third quarter of...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) has acquired a controlling interest in Westchester Group, Inc., an independent agricultural asset manager.

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Loomis, Sayles has launched the Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Fund (MARYX), featuring multi-asset class diversification designed to counter potential global inflationary environments,...

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Thrivent Financial for Lutherans illegally made public a temporary employee’s confidential medical information, according to a federal lawsuit.