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September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Boeing has named Andrew Ward as its new chief investment officer, a position from which he will oversee approximately $65 billion in retirement...

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.

September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - A study of 3,000 British school teachers revealed more than one in three expect children with certain names to be more of...

September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While 54% of defined benefit sponsors that have a frozen plan are either thinking about closing the plan or actually doing so, a...

September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal securities regulators said they will take the opportunity of pre-trial fact-finding in their existing case against the Bank of America (BofA) over...

September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A benefits trade group has launched three online calculators to help employers better determine the impact of worker absences companywide or by a...

September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group, Sun Life, and Unum are the first members of Benefit Advisors Network's (BAN) newly formed Alliance Partnership.

September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new partnership between Prudential Retirement and MullinTBG should allow sponsors and advisers to better handle qualified and nonqualified programs, according to a...

September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Tennessee auto-parts maker has been accused of violating federal laws by using employee tests for prescription drugs to screen out those with...

September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A female trader formerly with RBC Capital Markets is suing the firm for gender bias, saying she was dismissed for dating a hedge...

September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Index provider FTSE Group (FTSE) and Record Currency Management, a specialist currency investment manager, have launched the first set of indexes within the...

September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. has launched the latest version of Morningstar Direct, a Web-based platform that connects institutional investment professionals to Morningstar's universe of investment...

September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey found that general employee engagement has dropped 9% since last year and 25% for top performers.

September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Broward County, Florida, projected that its spending on health insurance would increase 7% next year, but the cost will now remain flat after...

September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Corporation has launched eHorizon, a global accounting system for asset managers and institutional investors.

September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Federal Reserve would have to approve executive compensation policies set by financial institutions as part of its proposal designed to curb excessive...

September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling that a Nevada residential addiction treatment center did not prove a former employee...

September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors looking for a little breathing room on their defined benefit funding - along with less volatility - have a new option...