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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.

June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Towers Perrin said it will reconsider how to provide employee benefit administrative services after selling its minority share of ExcellerateHRO, a benefits and...

June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ten percent of Americans polled recently who have retirement savings have added bank savings and CD's to their portfolios in the past six...

June 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plan fiduciaries may have another acronym to worry about - FBAR - which is another name for the Report of Foreign Bank...

June 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A "landmark" legal decision involving three councils in the north east of England could pave the way for 12,000 men to pursue equal...

June 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - To make ends meet, 23% of laid off workers surveyed reported they are collecting unemployment or other financial aid, while another 20% are...

June 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has declined to enforce arbitration clauses contained in account agreements between the City...

June 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued retailer Kmart over allegations it fired a store "greeter" because he needed to use...

June 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With employers under heavy pressure to curb excessive performance bonuses, Citigroup is pumping up the base salaries of many employees -- reportedly by...

June 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a judgment in federal district court that will lead to the distribution of $164,251 in 401(k)...

June 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MSCI Inc. has launched the MSCI FX Hedge Indices, designed to help institutional investors decompose and measure the impact of hedging the currency...

June 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The independent/private foundations and community foundations participating in the 2009 Commonfund Benchmarks Study of Foundations reported an average total return of -26% (net...

June 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Business Group on Health (NBGH) has recognized 63 large employers - representing the full spectrum of the U.S. economy - as...

June 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer announced a Web site redesign, which it said includes a variety of information on how employers can survive a tough business climate.

June 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to unveil tighter proposed restrictions for money-market mutual funds, according to people who have been...

June 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research by Rocaton indicates that despite credit market conditions that have created challenges for many stable value funds and for the stable...