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December 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has breathed new life into a suit brought by a former United Airlines HR analyst who claims she was...

December 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The net result of strong equity returns and a decline in corporate bond yields in November was a 1.6% increase in the Towers...

December 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is moving to terminate some of its investment managers as a result of large losses to...

December 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The chief of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) at the U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday that her agency plans to release...

December 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FaithShares Trust has launched what it says are "the first three exchange-traded funds (ETFs) addressing the investment needs of Christian investors."

December 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – TD AMERITRADE says its recent survey found there is no mad dash by investors to convert retirement savings to a Roth IRA when...

December 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink's attempt to expand the board that oversees the state's pension fund was voted down by her two...

December 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Yellow Pages publisher R.H. Donnelley Corp. is now facing a lawsuit brought by 401(k) plan participants who claim the company should have discontinued...

December 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – 2009 could be another record-setting year for exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to a new report. 

December 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Looks like bonds are "back" – and in a big way.

December 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. employees can expect median pay increases of 2.5% in 2010, according to a new Hay Group study.

December 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –Andy Sieg, head of Retirement & Philanthropic Services (RPS) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, has made retirement leadership changes, including two promotions and...

December 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Clewiston, Florida-based U.S. Sugar has agreed to pay $15.9 million to settle a breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit brought by 4,000 current and...

December 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In implementing its initiative announced Monday to see how it can best facilitate the use of lifetime income investment vehicles in retirement plans,...

December 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Significant majorities of 403(b) plan service providers responding to a recent SPARK Institute survey said they are already adhering to, or intend to...

December 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Lawyers for participants in Marsh & McLennan Co.'s (MMC) Stock Investment Plan have hammered out a $35-million settlement with the company of allegations...

December 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a newly-released survey from the Profit Sharing/401k Council of America (PSCA), more than three-fourths (76.8%) of defined contribution plan sponsors continued...

December 31, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor is suing the trustees and other fiduciaries of the employee stock ownership plans and eligible individual account plans...

December 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The $650 million Ohio Highway Patrol Retirement System has issued two investment management Requests for Proposals (RFP).

December 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service has issued updates to the weighted average interest rates, yield curves, and segment rates used in funding calculations for...