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March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of roughly 28,000 state retirees were emailed to the Kentucky Retirement Systems by its pharmacy...

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Data in a new report show the average contribution to 401(k)-type plans was 7.5% in 2006, unchanged from 2003 but up from the...

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Newkirk, provider of defined contribution plan communications, has announced the availability of an enrollment communication specially designed for Qualified Automatic Contribution Arrangement (QACA)...

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has released its 2009 Focus List calling out four underperforming companies in the pharmaceutical, real estate...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AMCORE Financial has notified its nearly 1,300 workers that it is freezing the wages of both hourly and salaried employees.

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Airlines has agreed to pay $850,000 to a group of disabled employees as part of a settlement in a federal lawsuit alleging...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State of New Jersey officials have charged in a lawsuit that lies by executives and directors of Lehman Brothers about the now-defunct Wall...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most (86%) chief financial officers interviewed for the Robert Half International Financial Hiring Index report a desire to maintain current staff levels for...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total U.S. retirement market assets, including both defined contribution and defined benefit plans, tumbled 24% to $7.86 trillion in 2008, down from $10.3...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - March Madness is coming and office pools will likely be a common sight in the office, but sports is not the only thing...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Wyoming Retirement System (WRS) has named Trent May as the first WRS chief investment officer (CIO).

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Illinois Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) says a plan to balance the state's budget by slashing the already underfunded Illinois pension funds will...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The head of American International Group said Wednesday the "cold realities of competition" compelled the insurer to pay $165 million in bonuses, Reuters...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recordkeeper ExpertPlan has unveiled its PlanRecordkeeper+, that the company said allows third-party administrators (TPAs) to maintain daily recordkeeping services while working with ExpertPlan.

March 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has introduced an Interest Rate Management solution to help its institutional clients manage the risk associated with the mismatch of a...

March 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment Technology Group, Inc. (ITG), an agency broker and financial technology firm, has introduced POSIT Marketplace, an enhanced offering that combines the existing...

March 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wells Fargo has selected WySTAR to be the defined contribution recordkeeping system and OmniDBEN as the defined benefit administration system for its institutional...

March 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Casa Grande Regional Medical Center in Arizona has halted matching contributions to employees' 403(b) plan.

March 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Today, of course, is St. Patrick's Day.

March 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frontier Airlines on Monday filed a complaint in U.S. Bankruptcy Court accusing the union that represents its pilots of now turning its back...