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July 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Daniel G. Fries, Senior Vice President and National Market Director of Sibson Consulting, has announced the expansion of its Sales Force Effectiveness and...

July 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. has added six new commodity categories, four new sector categories, and one broad commodity asset class to its proprietary classification system...

July 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alternative assets managed on behalf of pension funds by the world's largest investment managers decreased by around 1% to $817 billion in 2008...

July 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In response to the faltering economy and difficulty many municipalities expect in meeting their pension obligations, Pennsylvania's Public Employers Retirement Commission (PERC) is...

July 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report from Finadium suggests that asset managers have learned from hedge funds that investors seek a wide variety of risk and...

July 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The typical U.S. pension fund started the second quarter with a funding ratio of approximately 85% and ended with a funding ratio of...

July 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Applying a recent U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with disputed benefits payouts, a federal judge in Michigan has ruled that a life insurance...

July 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers would face tougher mandates to provide advance notice of pending large-scale layoffs and face tougher sanctions for non-compliance under a new legislative...

July 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Delta Air Lines flight attendant has sued the carrier over allegations Delta improperly adopted a Social Security offset when calculating pension benefits.

July 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Zep Inc. will begin contributions to its employees' 401(k) retirement accounts this month, nearly six months after it suspended them as part of...

July 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey of 329 U.S. employers conducted by Mercer has found that a majority (67%) favor a phased-in approach to national health care...

July 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former Goldman Sachs computer programmer has been charged with stealing trade secrets based on the theft of computer codes used for automated...

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July 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's been said that Europeans are more open with their nakedness than those of us in the U.S., but…

July 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The City of Philadelphia has agreed to a $275,000 out-of-court settlement to a 2007 lawsuit filed by five white firefighters who alleged they...

July 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As if American International Group (AIG) hasn't been picked on enough, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), late Wednesday, posted a notice of...

July 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New York has tapped a group of public pension funds as lead plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against...

July 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates has acquired the remaining interest in BodeHewitt AG & Co KG, a German pensions and benefits consulting specialist, from Bayerische Hypo-...

July 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PIMCO has launched the PIMCO Emerging Markets and Infrastructure Bond Fund.

July 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has announced that pension fund adviser Pacific Corporate Group Holdings, LLC (PCG) has adopted his Code...