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August 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has ruled that a former welder can pursue claims that her employer discriminated against her because she became pregnant.

August 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –The Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds (CRPTF), the state’s pension programs, wrapped up the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, with an average...

August 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Competition for internships will be stiff this fall, as experienced/mature workers will be competing with college students for the positions, a CareerBuilder survey...

August 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –The Hartford Financial Services Group has tapped Scott Sanderson as vice president, government market and client management in the Retirement Plans Group.

August 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has assumed responsibility for seven plans covering almost 2,360 workers and retirees of the Chicago Sun-Times.

August 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Patricia Smallsreed has joined Aon Consulting as senior vice president and Chicago market leader.

August 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - San Francisco's largest city labor unions have filed a lawsuit asking a judge to strip a measure from the November ballot that calls...

August 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – July saw investors put $7.5 billion into U.S. Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), according to Strategic Insight (SI), an Asset International company.

August 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Driven by ongoing demand for bond funds, U.S. mutual fund investors added about $25 billion in net new cash to U.S. stock and...

August 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vanguard has announced the restructuring of the investment advisory arrangements for Vanguard Explorer Fund, Vanguard U.S. Value Fund, and Vanguard Market Neutral Fund.

August 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a nationwide survey of more than 2,800 employees, respondents rated the "Likelihood of Using in the Near Future" as the most important...

August 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey finds that employees feel they could absorb up through a 35% rise in health insurance costs with decreased spending in...

August 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Massachusetts Congressman Richard E. Neal has introduced the Automatic IRA Act of 2010 in the U.S. House of Representatives.

August 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Exchange-traded funds continued their hot streak for a sixth straight month in July with $6.8 billion in inflows for the month and $40.8...

August 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Flows into U.S. open-end funds increased slightly in July to $14.1 billion versus $13.5 billion in June, according to the latest Morningstar fund...

August 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has approved a $125-million settlement of a class-action lawsuit by former shareholders of New Century Financial Corp.

August 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Korn/Ferry Executive Quiz survey reveals that corporate leadership attention to risk management has significantly increased as a result of the global downturn...

August 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BNY Mellon Corporate Trust has introduced a new Direct Pay Compliance Reporting service to help issuers of Direct Pay Bonds track their project...

August 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – EGShares has launched the EGShares India Infrastructure ETF (NYSE:INXX).

August 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Based on the experience of health insurers already complying with a provision of the health care reform law, those that haven’t yet gotten...