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April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Ohio's two 529 college savings plans earned spots at both ends of the spectrum in a new Morningstar national ranking...

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dallas-based Kimberly-Clark Corporation will freeze its defined benefit pension plan for non-union workers on December 31, 2009, and adopt a new 401(k) program.

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While Washington once again turned its attention to the topic of 401(k) fees, a new bill designed to close a "statutory loophole" in...

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2009 PensionDCisions Sponsor Default Investment Strategy Survey finds that on average 81% of UK defined contribution plan members invest in their plans'...

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The city of San Francisco's controversial universal health care initiative is raising its required employer contribution.

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the U.S. House GOP's Savings Solutions Group on Wednesday introduced the Savings Recovery Act, a bill designed to "help families protect...

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four in 10 workers polled in the Employee Benefit Research Institute's (EBRI) latest Retirement Confidence Survey say the anticipate their employer-sponsored retirement savings...

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. employers are optimistic that the economy will recover by early 2010, but most say they still need to take further actions to...

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. House lawmakers were urged not to pull apart the existing employer-based health system in the ongoing Congressional health care reform effort.

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The bankruptcy trustee in the case against Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard L. Madoff has taken action aimed at recovering over $400 million withdrawn...

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING has rolled out the next phase of an integrated marketing campaign focused on one's retirement number.

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors recorded a sixth straight quarter of losses in the period ending March 31, 2009, according to data in...

April 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a document on best practices to avoid discrimination against workers with caregiving responsibilities.

April 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With an ongoing state-federal probe continuing into the role of paid intermediaries doing business with the New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF),...

April 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering rules to restrict money managers from paying to win state pension business.

April 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Portland, Oregon-based investment consultant Arnerich Massena & Associates has tapped Kieran Stover as director of business development for the firm's Non-Profit and Wealth...

April 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a hedge fund adviser with failing to perform the due diligence it promised clients.

April 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on Wednesday about fee disclosure...

April 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Rasmussen poll finds a growing sense of confidence about the U.S. employment picture.

April 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey found fewer employers are willing to shoulder the costs to relocate an employee and are cutting their relocation budgets accordingly.