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July 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking the return of bonuses and stock sale profits from a CEO who didn't have anything...

July 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut legislators failed this week to override Governor M. Jodi Rell's veto of a bill that would have opened up the health insurance...

July 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HSBC is to launch HSBC Prime Services, a new joint venture between Global Markets and HSBC Securities Services (HSS).

July 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Los Angeles pension fund has voted to require any company seeking business with its board to disclose campaign contributions made to city...

July 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court's certification of a nationwide class of employees alleging unlawful discrimination by...

July 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal minimum wage increased to $7.25 on Friday, July 24, 2009.

July 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ETF Securities Ltd (ETFS), a provider of exchange-traded products on the London Stock Exchange, has launched its first U.S. product.

July 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Close, but no cigar. While reports last week indicated health reform bills would be passed in both the U.S. Senate and House before...

July 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Tax Court has agreed with the Internal Revenue Service that a participant's refinanced retirement plan loan exceeded the loan limit under...

July 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has announced Daniel Darby is the most recent industry veteran to join the field sales team, effective July 27,...

July 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An amendment to the Defense authorization bill that would have allowed federal employees under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) to get credit...

July 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has voted unanimously to propose measures intended to curtail "pay to play" practices by investment advisers that...

July 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc., a third-party recordkeeping and administration company, has added the Huntington mutual funds to its retirement plan platform.

July 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust announced that U.S. Institutional investment plan sponsors experienced one of their best quarters in recent years during the period ending June...

July 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $41.6 billion in June, according to the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

July 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of former employees filed suit against Home Depot Inc. this week, claiming the retailer did not pay overtime wages for three...

July 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey of director pay has found that total remuneration has halted its steady climb, actually falling back by 2.4% over the...

July 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Your job may require that you exercise a certain amount of decorum - but we're human beings, after all.

July 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It apparently pays to be tall in Australia.

July 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A provision of the Savings Recovery Act of 2009 (H.R. 2021) would extend the suspension of required minimum distribution (RMD) requirements through 2012.