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March 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) announced that attorney Craig Hoffman is joining the staff as general counsel and director...

March 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following a 5% improvement in January, funding ratios at the typical U.S. corporate pension plan dropped six percentage points in February, according to...

March 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling that a former pension trustee committed a fiduciary breach by undervaluing real estate...

March 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $22.3 billion in January, according to the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

March 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CAPTRUST Financial Advisors has reached out in another direction for its second big acquisition of 2009.

March 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A subsidiary of a Connecticut insurance and benefits broker has agreed to pay $470,000 and change its business practices after a state of...

March 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Another employer hit with a 401(k) excess fee suit has walked off with a decisive victory.

March 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Matthew H. Scanlan has joined Renaissance Technologies LLC as Renaissance Institutional Management LLC's President and CEO, the New York firm announced.

March 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the pension plans of S&P 1500 companies held steady in February despite further falls in the value of equities...

March 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - WellPoint Inc. has put its pharmacy benefits management business up for auction, the Financial Times reported Thursday.

March 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - WellPoint Inc. has put its pharmacy benefits management business up for auction, the Financial Times reported Thursday.

March 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DALBAR has unveiled a new service to help plan sponsors select a qualified default investment alternative (QDIA).

March 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plan service provider DailyAccess Corporation has opened a Midwest regional office in suburban Detroit, Michigan.

March 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Right Management and LinkedIn have formed an exclusive partnership which integrates LinkedIn's functionality and networking capabilities with Right Management's outplacement solution - RightChoice.

March 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The larger departing participants' account balances when they take a lump-sum distribution, the more chance they will roll the money into another tax-qualified...

March 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wuesthoff Health System will cut $1.8 million in employee benefits as of March 29, affecting all 2,650 employees, FLORIDA TODAY reports.

March 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Office furniture maker Herman Miller, Inc. is reducing hours and pay for most of its U.S. salaried employees by 10% - and is...

March 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The securities lending unit of American International Group Inc. was being successfully wound down and had manageable losses if not for the firm's...

March 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has scheduled four South Florida conferences for plan sponsors about the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)...

March 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Joyce Kahn, the Manager of Voluntary Compliance at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), is conducting a short, voluntary, and anonymous survey.