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August 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey from ING DIRECT finds North Americans are the most pessimistic about their retirement plans following the economic downturn.

August 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension plans at FTSE 100 companies ran an aggregate £90-billion shortfall as of June 30, 2009, an £82-billion increase over a year earlier,...

August 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed civil fraud and other charges against General Electric Company (GE), alleging that it misled investors by...

August 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aetna has entered into an agreement to acquire Horizon Behavioral Services, LLC, a provider of Employee Assistance Programs to mid-sized and large employers.

August 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers who get an employer's help in being kind to their four-footed friends are more likely to be loyal to their organizations as...

August 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global index provider Dow Jones Indexes has named Tariq Al-Rifai as its new director of Islamic indexes.

August 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Franklin Templeton Investments has lured Yaqub Ahmed from his post at Columbia Funds.

August 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benchmark Financial Services and Forensic Investigative Associates (FIA), the global investigations and risk management division of T&M Protection Resources (T&M), have announced a...

August 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Supreme Court has overturned a lower court decision that an employer invaded workers' privacy by installing a hidden camera to catch...

August 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Satisfaction of Judgment was entered in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas in a religious discrimination lawsuit against AT&T,...

August 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Commonfund Benchmarks Study Foundations Report shows the 290 participating foundations had fiscal year 2008 investment returns averaging -26%.

August 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Though the economy still tops their list of concerns, the majority of small business owners surveyed said they expect an economic turnaround this...

August 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Securities lawyers were not quite as busy during the second quarter of 2009 as lawsuits plummeted from 221 during the first quarter to...

August 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is taking a harder look at the inner workings of the nation's endowment funds.

August 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York state appellate court has suspended for three years the Empire State law license of the former general counsel of a...

August 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Huntington Funds has introduced three new Asset Allocation Funds.

August 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Security Benefit has won a contract with the Retirement Investors' Club (RIC) of Iowa to be a provider for the 457 plans and...

August 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Natixis Global Associates (NGA) has launched a multi-strategy, absolute-return fund in conjunction with AlphaSimplex Group (ASG): Natixis ASG Diversifying Strategies Fund (DSFAX).

August 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - NewRiver, Inc. has announced the immediate availability of FundPOINT Desktop for 529 Plans, a single source desktop solution for managing multi-layered 529 college...

July 31, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) plans to eliminate the Employment Standards Administration (ESA) in 2009 in an internal streamlining that will eliminate...