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June 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Keller Rohrback L.L.P. class-action law firm announced Thursday that it is investigating the investment activities of Northern Trust Company (NTC) and Northern...

June 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer announced it is expanding its health and benefits administration outsourcing platform to offer a standardized full outsourcing solution for clients with 5,000...

June 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey finds that high net-worth (HNW) investors are ready to roll over assets from former employer-sponsored retirement accounts to providers who...

June 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING Investment Management Americas has named Michael Forstl as vice president of business development.

June 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wilmington Trust has named Charles Russella as president of Wilmington Trust Retirement and Institutional Services Company (WTRIS).

November 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pacific Life Insurance Company has added a suite of variable annuities as a funding option for its Pacific Life Individual(k) Program.

June 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BlackRock, Inc. says it has executed a purchase agreement to acquire Barclays Global Investors (BGI), including its iShares exchange-traded fund (ETF) platform.

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers responding to an online survey indicated they will continue to offer mental health or substance use disorder coverage when a new federal...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The percentage of employers with a 401(k) plan at Charles Schwab offering a match fell from 78% in 2007 to 70% last year,...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies taking government bailout funds have apparently been spared having to comply with government-imposed salary caps, but may still have to face congressionally...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly three-quarters of job seekers in the financial services sector are confident that they will be employed by the end of 2009, according...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Approximately two in five employers (41%) do not have a human resources policy in place for health-related emergencies, although many acknowledge they have...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer costs for employee compensation averaged $29.39 per hour worked in March 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Washington Post is reporting that President Obama could execute a dramatic policy reversal from the presidential campaign and come out in favor...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Administration officials have suggested legislation to give shareholders and federal securities regulators more of a say on executive compensation at publicly traded companies.

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The results of Fidelity Investments' second Couples Retirement Study, first fielded in 2007, show that despite two years of unprecedented economic and financial...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Newly released data from the Investment Company Institute (ICI) indicates that 65% of total U.S. retirement assets during 2008 were held in employer-sponsored...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Democrats have unveiled a U.S. health care reform plan that calls for sweeping insurance market reforms and prohibits insurers from denying coverage...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has taken over the underfunded pension plan covering about 8,400 employees and retirees of Milacron Inc., a...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Research from HSBC finds that Americans accept personal responsibility for funding their own retirement, but feel the government can help.