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September 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Compensation for outside directors at the nation’s largest corporations remained relatively flat last year, according to a new analysis by Towers Watson.

September 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Independent Fiduciary Services will now provide its fiduciary and operational review services to public defined benefit pension funds with assets between $250 million...

September 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The owner and president of Franklin Drywall, a union sheet-rocking contractor based in Little Canada, has been indicted for misappropriating more than $500,000...

September 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Chrysler and DaimlerChrysler employees who lost some of their pensions with the bankruptcy of the former Chrysler LLC have filed a lawsuit...

September 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch for the second time in a year over allegations...

September 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Principal has made another distribution from its frozen real estate fund – and a significant one at that. 

September 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the adoption and extension of new stock trading circuit-breakers.   

 

September 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J.P. Morgan Asset Management has announced plans to launch a new Endowments & Foundations (E&F) Strategic Advisory Group.

September 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has turned to Jim O’Neill to be its next chairman, the company announced.

September 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Washington war of words over the impact of health care reform on premium increases got a bit more heated with a demand...

September 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A jury has found that Michaels Stores violated federal labor laws in its treatment and termination of an employee who was undergoing chemotherapy...

September 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Paychex offers clients a solution for electronically reviewing, signing, and transmitting Form 5500 to the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) through the Paychex...

September 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Participants of two 401(k) plans have gotten the go-ahead from a federal judge to press on with their lawsuit that claims Northern Trust...

September 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed three new disability discrimination cases, charging employers in Georgia, Maryland and Michigan with violations...

September 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Federal regulators have issued guidance on how “limited benefit” or “mini-med” health care plans can apply for waivers from rules restricting and then...

September 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Harvard University’s endowment earned an investment return of 11% for the year and was valued at $27.4 billion as of June 30.

September 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Leawood, Kansas-based Bukaty Companies has merged with Kansas City-based wealth management pioneer The O’Renick Companies.

 

September 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has appointed Managing Director James F. Walker to head the Consulting Services Group.

September 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J.P. Morgan Funds has launched a new equities mutual fund, the JP Morgan Research Equity Long/Short Fund (A shares: JLSAX).

September 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Although workers recently surveyed gave their bosses high marks in some areas, most picked Jacob from "Lost" as the TV boss most like...