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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...

February 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) Board of Trustees has decided to postpone investment staff incentive payments until the fund has a...

February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors in U.S. stock mutual funds added modestly to their portfolios during the latest month, reversing seven straight months of net redemptions, according...

February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Harrah's Entertainment last week revealed that the company will suspend matching employees' 401(k) contributions.

February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau announced Friday it will cut contributions to employee 401(k) and profit sharing plans for the year to make...

February 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A car dealership in Maui unlawfully discriminated against an employee by failing to hire him for a salesperson position because of a perceived...

February 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart Stores, which has frequently been criticized for not providing sufficient health care coverage for workers, announced that the proportion of associates who...

February 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc. will pay $50,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the...

February 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A San Diego law firm has filed a federal court lawsuit against OppenheimerFunds over allegations fund managers concealed the fact that they had...

February 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa has denied a motion to dismiss Whirlpool's lawsuit seeking the right to modify...

February 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Philadelphia-area union pension fund has filed a federal court lawsuit against Austin Capital Management Ltd. over losses from the securities fraud which...

February 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Looks like that huge stimulus package has some COBRA provisions in it, after all.

February 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension funds at large U.S. companies finished a dismal 2008 with an average 32%, or a total $445 billion, loss in their funded...

February 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The version of the giant federal stimulus package passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives Friday restricts bonuses and other compensation for...

February 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments says that Anthony W. Ryan has been named the firm's new head of Asset Management Strategy and Product Development, effective February...

February 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ProFunds Group, which touts itself as the world's largest manager of short and leveraged funds, says that Joanne M. Hill has joined the...

February 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has hit a Kentucky firm with a $2,000 penalty and attorneys' fees for being late in notifying a former employee...