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March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alliance Benefit Group Carolinas, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based third party administrator and recordkeeper, has created a special team to work with financial advisers...

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A worker sentiment study by Fidelity Investments' Consulting Services business found most workers surveyed underestimate employers' cost of providing health insurance to employees.

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There's another stock drop suit brewing - and this one's directed at Fannie Mae.

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sixty-eight percent of chief financial officers in a poll said they have found ways in the last year to keep up the mood...

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced it will assume responsibility for four pension plans covering about 4,500 workers and retirees of Intermet...

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 26 comment letters the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) received when it recently gave the public until last week to comment on...

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recently enacted stimulus bill contains a number of significant changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that will affect...

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) said Friday it will publish a final rule that amends its regulation on Annual Financial and Actuarial...

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tacked onto a U.S. House bill aimed at regulating tobacco products is legislation to make changes to the Federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP).

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill to give Kentucky cities and counties short-term financial relief from retiree health care costs was approved by the state Senate budget...

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oppenheimer & Co. is opening new branches in four states and expanding existing branch sites in the four states and Texas with financial...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors can work with their advisers to determine whether cutting the employer match contribution is necessary-and also help communicate changes to participants.

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The trend that has seen some employers hard hit by the recession opt to suspend their 401(k) match has hit the lobbying organization...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. investors started off 2009 continuing their contributions to mutual funds—particularly into money-market funds, according to Strategic Insight.

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in Charles Schwab Self Directed Brokerage Accounts (SDBA) fled to safety during the economic downturn, according to new Schwab data for the...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new tool from The Principal allows advisers to show clients what percent of employees are saving enough to maintain their standard of...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Halifax (Nova Scotia) regional firefighters and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers spent an afternoon scouring an area around a former military radar...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Not only are corporate wellness programs more common than ever before, employers are becoming more sophisticated in how they work with employees with...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite rising health care costs and other economic worries, a majority of large U.S. employers remain confident they will continue to offer health...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer costs for employee compensation for civilian workers averaged $29.18 per hour worked in December 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of...