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January 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An executive order signed by White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, ordering a temporary moratorium on new federal rules, will mean a...

January 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Retirement Services has appointed two regional sales directors to focus on development of new corporate 401(k) plan business through brokers, financial advisers,...

January 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent report from Hewitt Associates suggests companies across the world should factor in up to $250 billion more in pension liabilities now...

January 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tom M. Wirtshafter has been named president of American Portfolios Financial Services (APFS) and American Portfolios Advisors Inc. (APA), a registered investment adviser,...

January 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Morningstar 1000 Hedge Fund Index lost 10.3% in the fourth quarter of 2008 and 22.2% for the year, wiping out the last...

January 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 59% of those responding to a recent survey said their top New Year's resolution for 2009 was to either start or build...

January 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Virtually all large employers participating in a new survey said they recognized workers afflicted with migraines were not as productive, but few keep...

January 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has turned to the executive director of the Washington State Investment Board as the new CalPERS...

January 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS Corporate Employee Financial Services (CEFS), a provider of equity compensation plan administration and wealth management services, has named Michael F. Barry to...

January 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has named Andrew S. Doman as the company's new chief executive officer, effective February 2, 2009.

January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - As plan sponsors consider and implement provider changes with an eye toward the new blueprint provided by the 403(b) regulations, they may...

January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch & Co. will pay $550 million to settle claims by the Ohio State Teachers Retirement System and other shareholders that it...

January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citing "extraordinary times", the board of the Ohio State Teachers Retirement System has voted to cut back on bonuses for the system's investment...

January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the United Union of Roofers Waterproofers & Allied Workers Local 195 in Cicero, New York, learned this past weekend of the...

January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exchange-traded fund sponsor and index developer WisdomTree has announced a name change to a number of its portfolios.

January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Taxpayers in Stamford, Connecticut, will have to ante up more in coming years to pay for the city's employee pension programs after market...

January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exchange-traded fund sponsor and index developer WisdomTree has announced a name change to a number of its portfolios.

January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), whose fixed-income subsidiary clears and guarantees trades each day in the multi-trillion-dollar market for U.S. government...

January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The growing popularity of automatic enrollment in defined contribution plans - and target-date default choices in those plans - should fuel a surge...

January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Missouri State Treasurer Clint Zweifel has called for a thorough investigation of the circumstances under which the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS)...