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September 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Thursday provided sponsors with two sample plan amendments to help them implement the one-year waiver of the...

September 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private-sector pension insurer has announced an agreement with a North Carolina apparel maker to bolster its pension plan.

September 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lafayette, California-based McHenry Partners LLC has named Geoff Eukel as research director.

September 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has developed a methodology to provide investors with a way to measure and compare target-date fund families.

September 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has enhanced its online risk and performance tools for investment manager and institutional investor clients with new tools to deliver risk...

September 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Yale University announced its endowment lost 24.6% in the fiscal year ended June 30, when big bets on private equity holdings, real estate,...

September 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hartford has released a new package of educational materials designed to help advisers teach clients about the finer points in fixed-income diversification.

September 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has hit a North Carolina trucking company with a lawsuit over allegations it illegally discriminated against...

September 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments on Wednesday announced it would bump the asset allocation targets in its Freedom Fund product line for international equities to 30%...

September 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Auto enrollment plans and target-date funds remain hot topics in the retirement space with 47% of employers now auto-enrolling and another third seriously...

September 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Deloitte study lays out a road map with steps to take for those with their aspiring eyes on the chief financial...

September 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - To help employers design the most effective benefit programs, the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) has developed a Value-Based Benefit Design (VBBD)...

September 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - To help employers design the most effective benefit programs, the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) has developed a Value-Based Benefit Design (VBBD)...

September 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hitachi America's former HR director has been sentenced to a 57-month jail term in connection with his guilty plea to charges he defrauded...

September 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Minnesota appellate court has affirmed an unemployment law judge's decision that an employee who took a coworker's coffeemaker was discharged for misconduct...

September 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jersey City, New Jersey-based investment management firm Lord, Abbett & Co. announced Wednesday it is getting out of the small-401(k) market to concentrate...

September 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial advisers have significant opportunities to help clients navigate through the turbulent waters of the economic downturn since many Americans are confused about...

September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the U.S. Senate's Finance Committee continue to plough their way through 564 amendments to a proposed health-care reform measure, including one...

September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Paul Steven Henry has been tapped as managing director of Retirement Services for LIMRA, the Connecticut-based insurance and financial services marketing organization.

September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SunGard has announced the availability of AvantGard Treasury Express Edition (XE), a Web-based treasury solution geared toward small to mid-sized treasuries.