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February 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has asserted in a private letter ruling that the value of small items such as shirts, gloves, and...

February 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual funds saw inflows of $44.5 billion in January, according to estimates from Morningstar, Inc.

February 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following strong inflows in 2009, U.S. ETF flows dipped into the red to kick off 2010, with $16.7 billion in net outflows in...

February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BPAS, a national provider of plan administration, actuarial, and institutional trust services in support of financial intermediaries, has launched a major upgrade to...

February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Services division of American United Life Insurance Company (AUL), a OneAmerica company, announced Peter Welsh has been named to the newly-created...

February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. mutual fund investors poured an estimated $46 billion into stock and bond mutual funds in January, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset...

February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey found grumpy or moody coworkers and computer problems top the list of workplace irritations that cause workers stress.

February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com)–When defined benefit pension sponsors peer into their crystal balls for the rest of 2010, most see their continuing efforts to get a handle on...

February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia) wants the Office of Personnel Management to consider incentives for employees who work remotely while the government is...

February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In order to support continued new business growth, Mercer has recently added three outsourcing sales professionals.

February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ProFunds Group has launched eight new ProShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com)–Mercer has brought on board eight senior consultants as part of “a major expansion” of its alternative investments unit in its investment consulting operation.

February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit charges that American Express Travel Related Services required customer service representatives to work unpaid overtime while booting up their computers, logging...

February 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey finds 25% of respondents would work all 365 days each year if that would double their monthly income.

February 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nortel Networks Corp. and units that filed for creditor protection in Canada have reached a settlement agreement on certain benefits for former Canadian...

February 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Are work colleagues making goo-goo eyes at each other everywhere you look these days?

February 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Newport Group, a provider of retirement and executive benefit plans and investment consulting services, has appointed Joseph Cosentino as a Regional Director.

February 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jack Chute of John Chute & Associates has combined his benefits consulting business with Hewitt Associates.

February 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has released two online tools to help plan sponsors file their Form 5500 reports with the U.S. Department of...

February 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former clerk for a Burlington, Massachusetts, hospital was not entitled to take medical leave for a seven-week Philippines trip during which she...