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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 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries has released proposed amendments to the regulations governing the performance of actuarial services under the...

September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move the firm says will "better position investors to realize their retirement savings goals", the JPMorgan SmartRetirement Fund expense caps have...

September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) revising its regulations to conform to changes made...

September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it comes to employee benefit plans, there's a new sheriff in town.

September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has appointed Mark Scalercio as national sales manager for government-sponsored retirement plans in the Retirement Plans Group.

September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small-business employers looking for basic guidance about the array of workplace retirement plans from which they can choose can now get their questions...

September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Denver Investments and GRT Capital Partners, an alternative investment firm, have together formed Denver Alternatives, the new alternative asset division of Denver Investments.

September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former CSK Auto Corp. CEO Maynard L. Jenkins has filed a motion to dismiss an action by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...

September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report by the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) found participation in telework rose in 2008, but the percentage of eligible federal...

September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Making a nasty comment about a boss' lineage was enough to get a worker fired, but not enough to keep him terminated, according...

September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has issued proposed regulations to offer certain benefits to same-sex domestic partners of federal employees as...

September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new U.S. Tax Court case barring a tax lawyer from claiming $125,000 in medical expenses for prostitutes and pornography as income tax...

September 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer said it advised clients on 65 investment manager searches in the U.S. during the first half of 2009, compared to 61 a...

September 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) announced SPDR Wells Fargo Preferred Stock ETF (Symbol: PSK) began trading on the NYSE Arca on Thursday with...

September 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Watson Wyatt has launched a new version of BenTrack, an online tool that helps multinationals manage the costs and risks associated with their...

September 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rampart Investment Management, an asset management firm specializing in option strategies, has appointed Richard R. Davis as senior vice president of sales and...

September 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MFS Investment Management has introduced Advanced (k), a program designed to help retirement platform wholesalers and retirement advisers expand their retirement plan practice.

September 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity's annual College Savings Indicator study found that more parents of college bound children, ages 18 and younger, have started saving and are...