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April 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vince Snowbarger, acting director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, said Chrysler's entry into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection does not change the status...

April 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has created a suite of reports to help clients comply with IFRS 7, Financial Instruments: Disclosures, and similar national financial reporting...

April 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Advisors announced that SPDR KBW Mortgage Finance ETF began trading on the NYSE Arca on Thursday.

April 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Stock, bond, and hybrid mutual funds saw a $10.5 billion March outflow after being down $12.1 billion the month before, according to the Investment...

April 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - iShares has launched the "iShares in 401(k) Program" to help financial advisers better utilize ETFs as standard investment options.

April 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Principal Financial Group has released a new enrollment workbook.

April 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has given multiemployer plans another 60 days to make election regarding defined benefit plan funding relief as provided...

April 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Current and former Tennessee state employees who smoke or have a smoker for a spouse will have to shell out an extra $600...

April 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health benefit cost had risen by about 6% for four consecutive years and employers expected a similar increase in 2009, but a new...

April 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer said Thursday it has taken over a pension plan covering more than 1,200 workers and retirees at a...

April 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AtPrime Media, Inc., the sponsor of the @Prime! Pension Inspector, a consumer and professional online tool for determining the financial performance of Qualified...

April 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many American workers may be fretting about the state of the economy, but not so much so that it hurts the quality of...

April 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked a federal judge to add Aldus Equity Partners and its founder Saul Meyer as defendants...

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution clients of Mercer will now have access to Prudential Retirement's IncomeFlex Target guaranteed income product.

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Evercore Partners Inc. has announced the establishment of Evercore Trust Company, N.A., effective May 1, in connection with the pending consummation of its...

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has announced several enhancements to the online Form 5500 reporting capabilities of its Web portal Workbench.

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - West Liberty Foods, a production facility owned by the Iowa Turkey Growers Cooperative, will suspend the matching contribution into employees' 401(k) accounts, effective...

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A panel of industry professionals speaking on the state of 403(b) plans indicated that new regulations effective January 1, 2009, are causing many...

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Panelists at the PLANSPONSOR 403(b) Summit debated the merits of the proposed prototype plan document and determination letter program and also reviewed best...

April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plan recordkeeper ExpertPlan announced it has hired John Farmakis as its new Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing & Business Development effective...