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April 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CAPTRUST Financial Advisors, an independent investment research and fee-based advisory firm, has hired David A. Camper as Financial Advisor.

April 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey of investment managers by Northern Trust Global Advisors (NTGA) found that nearly half of those surveyed are less risk averse than...

April 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer is seeing a dramatic rise in the number of inquiries and new business involving health plan dependent eligibility audits, with the number...

April 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Being promoted at work may often mean a bigger paycheck, but the higher professional status may be bad for your health, according to...

April 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.K. bank Barclays PLC agreed Thursday to sell its iShares exchange-traded funds business to European private-equity firm CVC Capital Partners.

April 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Advisers who sell Securian retirement plans will find new client support tools at SecurianRetirementCenter.com.

April 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Utah Symphony & Opera announced it will cut its operating budget by $1 million between now and 2010.

April 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - School districts around the country need to adopt phased retirement policies or they will ultimately get caught severely shorthanded after an upcoming wave...

April 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite it being one of the most challenging hiring environments in the nation's history, 41% of workers who were laid off from full-time...

April 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Fayette County (Georgia) Commission is expected to vote this week on offering a defined benefit pension plan for county employees.

April 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Anheuser-Busch plans to freeze its pension plan for salaried employees, eliminate retiree health coverage for new employees and ask retirees to contribute more...

April 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Illinois has ruled that employees challenging the fee levels in Lockheed Martin's 401(k) plans can proceed as a class...

April 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aon U.K., the London-based arm of Aon Corp., said it wants to cut its standard employer pension contributions to better control costs in...

April 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly six in ten employers (58%) expect their overall health care costs to increase as a result of implementing the new federal COBRA...

April 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As equity markets rebounded and bond yields continued to increase, the funded status of pension plans of the S&P 1500 improved by $158...

April 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jon Bauman, executive director of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois (TRS), resigned his post on Wednesday, effective immediately.

April 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays PLC is expected to announce as soon as tomorrow that it has reached an agreement to sell iShares.

April 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The net impact of strong equity returns and the increase in corporate bond yields was a 3.5 percentage point increase in March of...

April 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Boston federal court jury has turned aside NewRiver's patent infringement lawsuit against Newkirk.

April 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey is contemplating participation in the Treasury's Public-Private Investment Program for Legacy Assets in an attempt to undo the damage caused by...