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March 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - To cope with effects from the economy, Xerox said it is taking steps that will save it as much as $300 million this...

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shares of Vanguard's new international small-cap index fund - Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund - are now available for purchase.

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shares of Vanguard's new international small-cap index fund - Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund - are now available for purchase.

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Retirement Services has launched a new interactive Web site geared specifically toward participants nearing or in retirement.

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of roughly 28,000 state retirees were emailed to the Kentucky Retirement Systems by its pharmacy...

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Data in a new report show the average contribution to 401(k)-type plans was 7.5% in 2006, unchanged from 2003 but up from the...

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Newkirk, provider of defined contribution plan communications, has announced the availability of an enrollment communication specially designed for Qualified Automatic Contribution Arrangement (QACA)...

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has released its 2009 Focus List calling out four underperforming companies in the pharmaceutical, real estate...

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As March Madness officially gets underway tonight, odds are (no pun intended) you've had an opportunity (or two) to weigh in on the...

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has released model notices Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis says will "enable employers to quickly spell out...

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday charged the political adviser to New York state's former comptroller for "corrupting the integrity"...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recordkeeper ExpertPlan has unveiled its PlanRecordkeeper+, that the company said allows third-party administrators (TPAs) to maintain daily recordkeeping services while working with ExpertPlan.

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AMCORE Financial has notified its nearly 1,300 workers that it is freezing the wages of both hourly and salaried employees.

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Airlines has agreed to pay $850,000 to a group of disabled employees as part of a settlement in a federal lawsuit alleging...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State of New Jersey officials have charged in a lawsuit that lies by executives and directors of Lehman Brothers about the now-defunct Wall...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most (86%) chief financial officers interviewed for the Robert Half International Financial Hiring Index report a desire to maintain current staff levels for...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total U.S. retirement market assets, including both defined contribution and defined benefit plans, tumbled 24% to $7.86 trillion in 2008, down from $10.3...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - March Madness is coming and office pools will likely be a common sight in the office, but sports is not the only thing...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Wyoming Retirement System (WRS) has named Trent May as the first WRS chief investment officer (CIO).

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Illinois Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) says a plan to balance the state's budget by slashing the already underfunded Illinois pension funds will...