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November 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the economic downturn's effect on the retirement plans of 50-something investors, only 23% of respondents to a recent survey are salting away...

November 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors deposited a record $50 billion on a net basis into bond funds in September, bringing year-to-date bond fund flow volumes to $290...

November 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has added resources to its ongoing effort to help investors better understand whether converting their retirement nest egg into a Roth...

November 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has unveiled a voluntary benefits solution for employers with 1,000 or more employees.

November 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Representative George Miller (D-California), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, and Representative Lynn Woolsey (D-California), chair of the Workforce Protections...

November 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - House Republicans have unveiled an alternative to the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962), unveiled by U.S House Speaker Nancy Pelosi...

November 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Illinois who ruled last year that Verizon was bound by the language in its defined benefit plan document even...

November 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court jury in Birmingham has found that poultry producer Tyson Foods Inc. violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) at its...

November 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new agreement between the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) and the United Kingdom's Pensions Regulator and Pension Protection Fund provides a framework...

November 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Memphis-based First Mercantile has named Grant Boucek as regional sales director for its new Mid-South region.

November 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A man who helped a Los Angeles-based private equity firm land an $800-million New York state pension mandate has agreed to settle allegations...

November 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a memo to Tribune Co. employees announcing a new retirement plan, Chief Administrative Officer Gerry Spector said the company's Employee Stock Ownership...

November 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. stocks declined for the first time in eight months in October, driving down the funding status of the typical U.S. corporate pension...

November 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The hedge fund industry is taking a series of steps to recapture assets, addressing investor concerns over transparency, liquidity, and fraud, according to...

November 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The amount paid to a former California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) board member for marketing money managers to the fund is higher...

November 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Maybe it happens all year every year, but it seems, at least, that workplace environments and dynamics were studied more than ever in...

November 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that a participant in an overfunded defined benefit pension plan has no legal standing...

November 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As they have elsewhere in the retirement plan market, 401(k) auto plan features have taken hold in a big way among mid- to...

November 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that an employer was not obligated to provide unionized employees with lifetime retiree health benefits that the...

November 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. received final approval on Monday of a settlement in which it will pay between $65 million and $85 million to...