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March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index, representing 100 of the nation's largest defined benefit pension plans, lost another $54 billion in assets in...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dennis M. Dowd, formerly the senior manager of human resources of Hitachi America Ltd., has pleaded guilty to defrauding a company benefit plan...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) announced Wednesday that the Senate Finance Committee, which he chairs, will take up comprehensive health care reform legislation...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has launched three new Fidelity Advisor Funds -- Fidelity Advisor Global Balanced Fund, Fidelity Advisor Worldwide Fund and Fidelity Advisor Convertible...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A look at actual 2008 disclosures for the largest 100 U.S. corporate pension plan sponsors finds aggregate funding fell by $303 billion last...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has launched three new Fidelity Advisor Funds -- Fidelity Advisor Global Balanced Fund, Fidelity Advisor Worldwide Fund and Fidelity Advisor Convertible...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The value and number of federal securities class action settlements declined in 2008, according to a report by Cornerstone Research.

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Benefit Research Institute/American Savings Education Council (ASEC) urges employers to direct employees to free tools to evaluate their finances and determine...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, announced that the SPDR Barclays Capital Long Term Credit Bond...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wayne, Pennsylvania-based Keane Retirement Services announced it is partnering with rollover provider Wealth Management Systems Inc. (WMSI) to offer an automated service for...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Principal Financial Well-Being Index indicates American workers and retirees are taking charge of their personal financial well being by spending less...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ernst & Young announced its Financial Planner Line has seen a dramatic increase in the number of calls from employees inquiring about the...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ashtabula, Ohio-based Molded Fiber Glass Companies has discontinued its 401(k) match.

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Buck Consultants survey finds the slumping equity markets will mean most companies will be unable to deliver the same 2009 equity...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of U.S. households with a net worth of $1 million or more, not including primary residence (NIPR), fell 27% to 6.7...

March 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 11% in February, 401(k) participants made another large movement toward fixed income investments, according to the...

March 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted to deny a request by business groups for all of the judges to rehear their...

March 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut dismissed a case brought by a former employee who says he was fired for...

March 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Burger King Corporation will pay $85,000 and furnish significant non-monetary relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment...

March 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer on Tuesday took over the pension plan covering 88 former employees of a New York City building service...