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February 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Blackberry maker, Research in Motion (RIM), and four of its senior executives have agreed to settle stock option backdating charges brought by the...

February 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Now the distance between the value of your 401(k) before the recession and what it is now can translate into "a little off...

February 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals let stand a Merit Systems Protection Board decision to remove a federal Department of Education Employee who...

February 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The total cost of doing business for pension funds and trusts has increased by 14% over the last four years, from an average...

February 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Management consulting firm EquaTerra has announced that Howard Weizmann, former deputy director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), has joined EquaTerra...

February 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Retirement Partners, a 403(b) benefits administrator, announced that it has acquired a Florida group to be part of its national network of...

February 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Retirement Partners, a 403(b) benefits administrator, announced that it has acquired a Florida group to be part of its national network of...

February 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. has launched a family of asset allocation indexes, designed to benchmark target-date and target-risk investment products.

February 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ADP Employer Services and GuidedChoice, a provider of investment advice and managed account services, have announced a partnership to provide personalized advice to...

February 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Jackson, Michigan-based electronics maker has become the latest to suspend its 401(k) match.

February 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Spectrem Group report suggests most retirement plan participants really don't understand how they will finance their retirement.

February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Wisconsin has declared as a class action a lawsuit by two cash balance participants over the failure to use...

February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The investment consulting market now has a new gorilla-sized competitor with which to contend as Mercer on Tuesday announced an agreement to acquire...

February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Executives of Mercer and Callan Associates said Tuesday that they do not anticipate having to lay off staff as a result of the...

February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court for the state of Utah has ruled that a refinery plant worker who suffered from seizure disorder due to exposure...

February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - Sometimes misprints are funny due to typographical or spelling errors, but some are funny because the words can be taken with a...

February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a new survey of defined contribution investment-only (DCIO) executives by Sway Research LLC the average asset manager experienced a 23% drop...

February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The vast majority of technology company chief financial officers participating in a recent poll said their company does not allow shareholders a voice...

February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The town of Manchester, Connecticut's Pension Board has dropped fund manager Meridian Advisors from its portfolio after the firm lost hundreds of thousands...

February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - In a Webcast sponsored by the Southeastern Association of School Business Officials, with support from VALIC, Robert J. Architect, Senior Tax Law...