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June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DWS Investments - Americas, the U.S. retail unit of Deutsche Bank's Asset Management division, has launched the DWS Fee Transparency Report.

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two mainstays of American business upended by the economic downturn are now losing their coveted spot in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, according...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli's office reported on Friday that the state pension fund lost 26.3% for the year ended March...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two mainstays of American business upended by the economic downturn are now losing their coveted spot in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, according...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer is launching a new solution in the U.K. market to help defined benefit scheme trustees manage pension financial risks.

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median corporate, public and foundation/endowment plan experienced negative investment results for the first quarter of 2009 and for the year, according to...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Transamerica Retirement Services announced a new service, Plan Administration Service Support (PASS), which gives plan sponsors the opportunity to delegate day-to-day plan administration...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Median total cash compensation has increased year-over-year among some jobs and decreased for others, according to Mercer's latest Market Pulse Report.

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Hancock has launched a new retirement income product designed to bring the "goal of guaranteed income to a broader market beyond the...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled an employer's worker's compensation carrier is open to lawsuit for bad faith in a disability coverage dispute.

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees have a new appreciation of benefits during the tough economic times and organizations have been increasingly able to partner with employees to...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many organizations are good at communicating how bonus awards are computed and most share employees' progress against their performance goals, a new survey...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) is expected as early as this week to unveil a sweeping health-care reform plan requiring every American to...

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors Corp.'s two defined benefit pension plans remain ongoing under GM's sponsorship although the auto giant has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two members of the Los Angeles City Council have called for a reduction in Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's power to pick pension board members.

June 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Georgetown (Massachusetts) School Committee member George Moker said teachers have agreed to give back on several items in order to achieve an agreement...

May 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Public employers nationwide are modifying their employee health care benefits to include more cost-saving measures, according to a recent survey conducted by the...

May 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, chairwoman of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), has urged its board to suspend a controversial investment strategy...

May 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The North Carolina House approved a measure allowing Treasurer Janet Cowell to expand the state's lists of approved pension investments, which Cowell claims...

May 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has given final approval to $695 million in settlements to shareholders suing Qwest Communications International Inc for securities fraud.