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June 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Public and private sector defined benefit plans share some concerns, but also diverge on a number of issues, according to a new report.

June 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal appellate judges handed employers a significant legal victory by limiting the rights of employees to sue over retaliation to those directly involved...

June 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution balances continued to slip in the first quarter, but at a slower pace.

June 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The deadline for comments on the Internal Revenue Service's proposal for a 403(b) plan document prototype program was June 1, and trade groups...

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the volatility of the stock market in the first quarter of 2009, most plan participants made no changes to their retirement savings...

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The owner of defunct Concord, North Carolina, sign firm has been ordered by a federal judge to pay $57,089 to the company's 401(k)...

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC has launched Graystone Consulting to provide investment consulting advice to institutional investors and the upper-tier private wealth market.

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 75% of recently polled small businesses don't expect the economy to impact their ability to continue offering a 401(k) plan, but 51%...

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investment's registered investment adviser (RIA) and broker-dealer clients, and other institutional clients, will be able to invest in initial public offerings (IPOs)...

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Obama administration plans to appoint a "Special Master for Compensation" to ensure that companies receiving federal bailout funds are abiding by executive-pay...

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Natixis Global Associates (NGA), the distribution arm of Natixis Global Asset Management, says it will close the Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund...

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday charged Boston-based Evergreen Investment Management Company LLC with securities law violations for overstating the value...

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Labeling the 403(b) space "arguably the most dynamic retirement market sector," a new report by two research firms predicts the pace of transition...

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Invesco has announced that Thomas J. Hughes has joined its Institutional Sales and Client Service team as managing director.

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BlackRock, Inc. confirmed that it has been engaged in discussions with Barclays Bank plc about BlackRock's potential purchase of Barclays Global Investors (BGI),...

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 47 Degrees North Capital Management Ltd announced the launch of the 47 Degrees North Innovation Fund.

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will host a free Webcast Thursday to help plan sponsors and service providers...

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As part of a plan to shave $50 million in expenses this year, CUNA Mutual Group announced the company will move from a...

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg put a temporary hold Monday on the deal to sell Chrysler to save it from collapse.

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With a reduction in some retiree benefits by about two-thirds a possibility, a group of retired General Motors salaried employees has asked to...