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June 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Large corporate and government retirement plan clients of ING U.S. Retirement Services are being offered a new suite of services aimed at helping...

June 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Society for Human Resource Management's 2009 Employee Benefits Survey found that though U.S. employers continue to offer an extensive selection of employee...

June 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has announced the addition of the first pension funds governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to its cross-border...

June 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Hancock Retirement Plan Services has introduced a streamlined proposal that it says is designed to make it easier for plan sponsors to...

June 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Retirement Services has introduced Easy Start 401(k), a new product targeted to businesses that do not currently offer a 401(k) plan.

June 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a recently released special report, Fitch Ratings says the U.S. telecom sector may experience credit quality pressures as a result of expected...

June 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Corporation announced the addition of private equity and real estate asset data as well characteristics capabilities into the State Street Investment...

June 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc. announced it has notified the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of its intent to sponsor one or more 403(b) prototype...

June 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Staff investigators at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have announced their intention to get permission from commissioners to file civil charges against...

June 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby, Inc. and Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. have combined to form a new entity, Towers Watson.

June 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cumberland County, North Carolina, government workers will not get employer contributions to their 401(k) retirement accounts starting July 1.

June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three former financial representatives of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. have filed a $200 million lawsuit against the company for failing to pay...

June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D - Montana) said in a statement that the Congressional Budget Office told his committee its health...

June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A female broker has accused Bank of America (BofA) of gender bias by offering female former Merrill Lynch brokers lower retention payments than...

June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a study of almost 2,000 of its own employees, tech giant Cisco said those who telecommute experienced a significant increase in work-life...

June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with pressure to take another look at its February 2009 decision in a widely watched 401(k) excessive fee case, a federal appellate...

June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At a time when employers changing their 401(k) match typically focus on their existing workforce, one Nebraska employer has trimmed its match for...

June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate Compensation Plans Inc. (CCP) has introduced a new program to protect employees' nonqualified deferred compensation plan benefits.

June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislative leaders in New Mexico have agreed to spend up to $100,000 to help pay for an independent review of the state's investment...

June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DailyAccess Corporation, a Mobile, Alabama plan provider, has acquired the pension and group benefits business of FBD Consulting, Inc.