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Benefits | May 24th, 2010

Baltimore Officials Ponder Pension Cost-Saving Changes

May 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Baltimore city officials are considering a host of changes to their underfunded police and fire pension system that could save more than $93 million.

Benefits | May 24th, 2010

Stock Drop Settlement on the Table for Boston Scientific

May 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There’s a potential settlement in sight for participants in a 401(k) stock drop suit.

Benefits | May 24th, 2010

Ralph Lauren $4M Wage Suit Settlement Okayed by Court

May 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in California has given her preliminary blessing to a $4 million settlement of a wage-and-hour class-action lawsuit against Ralph Lauren.

Administration | May 24th, 2010

Mission Compatibility Moves Unitarians Toward a New Recordkeeper

May 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Unitarian Universalist Association has decided to dump its incumbent recordkeeper for reasons that have nothing to do with its...

Compliance | May 24th, 2010

Fee Disclosure Rides Along with Pension Relief

May 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Apparently there’s more than pension fixes tucked away in that new jobs bill moving through the U.S. Congress.

Products | May 21st, 2010

Ingenix Solution Helps Employers Manage Health Care Costs

May 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ingenix is launching TrendView, a desktop solution designed to help companies better understand and manage employee medical costs.

Benefits | May 21st, 2010

EEOC Sues Orkin over Hiring Practices

May 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a federal court lawsuit accusing pest control company Orkin of discriminating against older workers in hiring.

Administration | May 21st, 2010

House Bill Carries Pension Funding Relief

May 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A bill expected to be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 25 includes long-awaited pension funding relief measures, according to...

Administration | May 21st, 2010

IL TRS Launches Search for International Bond Manager

May 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Board of Trustees of the Teachers’ Retirement System has launched a nationwide search for a money management firm to oversee an allocation...

Administration | May 21st, 2010

Bill Encourages Diversity among CA Pension Investment Managers

May 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California's public pension funds would have to report the ethnicity and gender of some of the outside investment managers they hire under a...

Administration | May 21st, 2010

Golden State Placement Agent Bill Stalls in Committee

May 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A move to limit pension placement agents’ influence over California’s public pension programs came to a halt this week when a measure containing...

Products | May 21st, 2010

Firm Unveils Alternative Investment Fund-of-Funds

May 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Navellier & Associates has announced the launch of Navellier Select, L.P. in January 2010, an alternative investment fund-of-funds.

Compliance | May 21st, 2010

MI Pension Bill Inked by Granholm

May 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm has signed into law legislation that reforms the Michigan Public School Employees' Retirement System (MPSERS).

Benefits | May 21st, 2010

Hooters Girl Claims Weight Discrimination

May 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Hooters girl in Michigan says she was put on probation because of her weight.

Benefits | May 21st, 2010

Study Finds S&P 400 CEO Pay Rose in 2009

May 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report from Equilar indicates that total S&P 400 CEO compensation rose slightly from 2008 to 2009, and bonuses are on the...

Compliance | May 21st, 2010

IRS Provides 401(k) Questionnaire Details

May 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said a random sample of 1,200 401(k) sponsors this week will be notified that they have been selected...

Benefits | May 20th, 2010

Employers Anticipate HCR Driven Cost Hikes

May 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Mercer survey finds a quarter of the 791 employers polled are looking for health care reform to tack on at least...

Administration | May 20th, 2010

FRC Recommends Restructure of Target-date Funds

May 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a new study, “Rethinking Lifecycle Funds,” Financial Research Corporation says that while target-date funds are being marketed as a total retirement solution,...

Investing | May 20th, 2010

International/Global Equity Leads ETF Fund Filings in April

May 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sixty-four open-end exchange-traded funds were filed in April, according to the New Fund Filings Review from Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.

Products | May 20th, 2010

SSgA Unveils International Corporate Bond ETF

May 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – State Street Global Advisors launched the SPDR Barclays Capital International Corporate Bond ETF (Symbol: IBND) on the NYSE Arca on Thursday.