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May 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former head of the nation's private pension plan insurer is drawing fire over his interactions with financial services firms during a period...

May 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has turned aside a request to review a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling finding that an employer...

May 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Beleaguered money manager Aldus Equity Partners LP, continues to lose business relationships.

May 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court jury in New York has convicted James Treacy, former chief operating officer of employment Web site Monster Worldwide, of defrauding...

May 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans' confidence that their retirement nest egg will be enough to cover their health care bills has plummeted to the lowest level since...

May 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers facing a potential defamation suit from an employee can't necessarily hide behind a qualified privilege by saying they thought the disputed statement...

May 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has put out new withholding adjustment procedures for pension plans - to make sure those receiving pensions are...

May 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSO.com) - The Bank of New York Mellon has launched a universal custody and trade settlement platform for carbon credits.

May 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. has lent his support to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) effort to formulate...

May 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Policemen and Firemen Retirement System of Detroit has filed suit against Halliburton Company and its one-time subsidiary KBR, Inc., over allegations of...

May 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has created five new global service lines.

May 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - By one measure pension plans continued to lose value in the first quarter - but less so than in the prior quarter.

May 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced an agreement that will preserve a pension plan covering 3,800 workers and retirees at Wyoming Valley...

May 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fresh from efforts to regulate compensation practices at financial services firms receiving federal bailout money, Obama administration officials are reportedly now pondering ways...

May 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer's first-quarter 2009 Defined Contribution Universe Summary found losses in all equity markets during the period.

May 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The slumping economy is holding back retirements among state and local government employees, according to a new survey of government managers, sponsored by...

May 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the economy still uncertain and continued market volatility, Fidelity Investments said it is seeing higher levels of worker engagement and increased demand...

May 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A May 2009 survey by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) found more of both defined benefit and defined contribution sponsors...

May 13. 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on financing health care reform - and the current deductions for employer-sponsored programs are on the...

May 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chief executive officers at many of the nation's largest corporations saw their compensations drop sharply last year as the financial crisis and slumping...