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March 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funding ratio for 59 state pension plans that reported actuarial data for 2008 was 77%, down from 88% for the same plans...

March 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials of the Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS) told state lawmakers they have hopes of recovering some of the assets frozen when...

March 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An absolute majority of all assets under management (AUM) by hedge funds and funds of hedge funds globally are from institutional investors, according...

March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prudential Financial Inc. has named Clifford Axelson, a former senior vice president for Callan Associates, a managing director for its Strategic Solutions Group.

March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR) - The University of Chicago has lost another round in its ongoing legal battle over whether a 403(b) plan sponsor is required to collect...

March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hartford's Institutional Solutions Group has reopened The Hartford MidCap Fund (Class Y Shares) to institutional investors.

March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust announced it has expanded its lineup of target date investment solutions with a series of multi-manager funds for ERISA-qualified defined contribution...

March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citi has enhanced its custody and investor services capabilities with new online reporting functionality to help clients address the regulatory reporting requirements of...

March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) is encouraging benefits professionals to use National Employee Benefits Day as an opportunity to educate...

March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Paychex announced some changes in a proactive measure to save money, including a 12-month suspension of employer match contributions for participants in its...

March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Manny Weiss, CFA, is joining Mercer as a portfolio manager for domestic equity strategies, and Wilson Berglund, CFA, is joining Mercer as a...

March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The release of the Federal Reserve's 2007 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) came to late to provide an accurate picture of the 401(k)...

March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - Women are prouder than men, and men are more lustful than women, according to a Vatican report which states that the two...

March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has ruled that retirement plan participants did not prove that Fifth Third Bancorp...

March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. House Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Washington) in February reintroduced the Family-Friendly Workplace Act (H.R. 933), a measure that would allow workers to...

March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court decision that an Oklahoma state law that prohibits employers from forbidding...

March 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York State Common Retirement Fund invested $850 million in real estate and private equity funds in January.

March 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It seems even the tooth fairy is not immune to effects of the economic downturn.

March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has accepted President Obama's request to become his secretary of health and human services.

March 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study casts doubt on reports that the softening economy and tumultuous markets are having a significant impact on participant savings rates.