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September 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A North Carolina-based work-life benefit provider has found that women are three times more likely than men to spend at least 25% of...

September 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The relentless march of 401(k) assets out of equities into fixed income continued unabated in August, according to the latest results of the...

September 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Net contributions to long-term funds in Asia were modest, at $3.6 billion during July, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.

September 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While a majority (55%) of 401(k) plan participants surveyed say they would use free personalized advice if their employer made it available, an...

September 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey finds finance professionals primarily rely on LinkedIn as a job search tool, but 72% have a social media account to...

September 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Median U.S. chief legal officer total cash compensation (salaries plus bonuses) decreased by almost 4% this year to $466,800, according to the 2010...

September 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An Ulster County, New York, woman whose Facebook posting led to her arrest and conviction for stealing $8,975 in workers' compensation benefits was...

September 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans dropped by $108 billion during August 2010 as measured by the...

September 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Prudential Investments has launched IPS Scorecard, a tool that helps financial advisers and their plan sponsor clients assess whether their fund lineups meet...

September 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has announced that the SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF (Symbol: GNR) began trading on the NYSE Arca...

September 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Medical plan costs are forecasted to increase at double-digit rates in the next 12 months, according to Aon Consulting’s 2010 Health Care Trend...

September 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is moving to assume responsibility for the pension plan covering more than 9,500 workers and retirees of...

September 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exchange-traded funds posted net outflows totaling roughly $1.3 billion in August, ending a six-month streak of consecutive monthly inflows, according to Morningstar Direct’s...

September 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Long-term fund flows increased by more than 11% in August versus July, and once again the lion's share went to fixed-income funds, according...

September 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The most common methods to determine employee salary increases are salary increase/merit guidelines or ranges (79%) and manager discretion to determine pay raises...

September 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investors withdrew a net $778 million from U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in August – the first month to see aggregate ETF net outflows...

September 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Driven by ongoing demand for bond funds, U.S. mutual fund investors added about $20 billion in net new cash to U.S. stock and...

September 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A seven-member commission has been appointed to review the long-term sustainability of Maryland pension systems.

September 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Dow Jones Indexes has launched the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Consumer Titans 30 Index, measuring the performance of 30 leading consumer goods and...

September 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New research has found that lower productivity is not why women partners at law firms earn less on average than their male counterparts.