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April 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ETF Advisor k, a Memphis, Tennessee-based open architecture retirement plan provider, has announced an ETF-based retirement plan where participants will own the exchange-traded...

April 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF, which seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Global Small Cap ex US Index, has begun...

April 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that a general contractor providing workers' compensation insurance to a subcontractor cannot be sued for negligence by...

April 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Treasury has given fund managers two more weeks to apply to its toxic securities purchase and has put in place less...

April 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued an Invitation to Comment (ITC) on Pension Accounting and Financial Reporting.

April 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of U.S. organizations decreasing overall staffing levels has nearly doubled in the past four months, according to management consulting firm Hay...

April 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A stock market rally and wider spreads for corporate bonds combined to improve the funding status of a typical U.S. corporate pension plan...

April 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 14-member staff of the Missouri State Employees Retirement System (MOSERS) received almost $300,000 in bonuses even as the pension fund lost almost...

April 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a proposed $75-million deal to settle claims Merrill Lynch violated its fiduciary responsibilities by keeping...

April 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - If you're watching what you eat, here's something that may help you put that chocolate bar down, a Web site listing fun/odd...

April 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trustees of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) unanimously re-elected Dana Dillon as Chair and Jerilyn Harris as Vice-Chair for the 2009-10...

April 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A retirement fund for Chrysler LLC employees that was designed not to lose money has been depleted at 89 cents on the dollar,...

April 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - San Diego is suing its police officers' union in an effort to reduce officers' pension benefits and thereby reduce the city's budget deficit.

April 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Smith Barney has expanded its plan provider platform to include ADP, according to a Smith Barney announcement.

April 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) says it will sponsor a series of workshops on subsidy for continuation health...

April 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report released Thursday by the Washington state Employment Security Department shows worker benefits of all types took a hit in 2008.

April 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. House, by a voice vote, has passed the Federal Retirement Reform Act of 2009.

April 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senators Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) and U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) and Mary Bono Mack (R-California) on Thursday reintroduced...

April 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Congressman Earl Pomeroy (D-North Dakota) has introduced legislation that would make changes to the Saver's Credit.

April 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New Jersey has approved a $1-million settlement to a long-standing legal battle waged by a group of former Prudential...