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October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week the legal profession was circling around another potential stock drop case.

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the flu season having arrived, a new poll illustrates that many employees are taking their own precautions to avoid becoming ill at...

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most young adults think they'll need to be millionaires before they retire, according to a new poll by the Northwestern Mutual Foundation's financial...

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Redefining defined contribution (DC) plans will dramatically improve outcomes for plan sponsors and participants, according to a new white paper released by Prudential...

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The controversial 2003 promotional exam by the city of New Haven, Connecticut, that was the subject of a recent U.S. Supreme Court case...

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three-quarters (77%) of U.S. chief financial officers and senior comptrollers surveyed said that among pricing pressures, they are most concerned about...

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - benefitsCONNECT has added HSA Bank as a Health Savings Account (HSA) administrator option in its Web-based benefits enrollment and administration system.

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state appellate court has ruled that a single incident of an employer failing to accommodate a worker's disability ran afoul of...

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined benefit sponsors will see their per-participant insurance premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) go up by $1 next year.

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Social(k), a Springfield, Massachusetts-based socially responsive retirement platform, has added the tobacco-free AHA Investment funds to its fund offerings.

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Among its current financial woes, Harvard University is trying to cope with the loss of almost $2 billion in cash in its daily...

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Corporation announced enhancements to its fund of hedge funds service offering.

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Invesco Ltd. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Morgan Stanley's retail asset management business, including Van Kampen Investments.

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A civil suit by an employer accusing employees of arranging for sham divorces so the spouses could collect pension benefits while the employees...

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite concerns about cutting costs during the down economy, most employers are maintaining -- and in some cases increasing -- tax-free commuter benefits...

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ceridian Benefits Services said the new COBRA subsidy enacted by the U.S. government may have been able to help greater numbers of displaced...

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials of an Arizona county have opted to take their concerns about spread of the swine or regular flu among their employees a...

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New rules for the $450 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market were approved by the House Financial Services Committee Thursday.

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of the Virginia Retirement System agreed to an accounting change that will save the government from large contribution rate increases to...

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has ruled that a third-party administrator (TPA) for two health plans cannot be blamed as a "functional fiduciary"...