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April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has announced several enhancements to the online Form 5500 reporting capabilities of its Web portal Workbench.

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - West Liberty Foods, a production facility owned by the Iowa Turkey Growers Cooperative, will suspend the matching contribution into employees' 401(k) accounts, effective...

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A panel of industry professionals speaking on the state of 403(b) plans indicated that new regulations effective January 1, 2009, are causing many...

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Panelists at the PLANSPONSOR 403(b) Summit debated the merits of the proposed prototype plan document and determination letter program and also reviewed best...

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plan recordkeeper ExpertPlan announced it has hired John Farmakis as its new Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing & Business Development effective...

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - What are best practices for ongoing plan monitoring and information sharing, and what do 403(b) sponsors need to know about new Form 5500...

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recent media reports on 401(k) plan losses, excessive fee suits, and the move many sponsors are making from defined benefit offerings to defined...

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CC Media Holdings Inc., the parent company of radio-and-billboard giant Clear Channel Communications Inc., announced it is laying off about 590 people in...

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Financial Services Committee has approved legislation enabling state and local governments to divest their public pension funds from companies with ties...

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Workers who expect to work during retirement and those who do not expect to are equally likely to save for retirement, according to data...

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in South Florida has thrown out virtually all of the allegations leveled against U.S. Sugar Corp. of Clewiston, Florida, in...

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New rules requiring more sponsor involvement in 403(b) plans are making the job of staying non-ERISA more difficult.

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund assets will grow at a faster rate in the independent, regional, and registered investment adviser (RIA) channels, compared to the wirehouse,...

April 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At a meeting with reporters on Friday, Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Montana) said he will temporarily set aside talks on a...

April 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vacation time is coming soon, and if you travel by automobile, you're sure to see some interesting - and funny - bumper stickers.

April 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TIAA-CREF has developed an offering which seeks to provide employees of nonprofit institutions a way to save during their working years for health...

April 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wachovia Bank, a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, has agreed to acquire the defined contribution plan recordkeeping business of Texas-based Comerica Bank.

April 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In response to the market downturn, financial advisers are adjusting how they construct and manage portfolios to meet the income needs of clients...

April 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) shows that the number of multiemployer pension plans less than 80%...

April 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has won Senate confirmation to serve as the nation's health and human services secretary.