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January 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced an agreement with Visteon Corp. to provide additional protection for the pension plan covering more than...

January 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Connecticut town's pension fund that lost about $17 million in a Bernard Madoff-related investment will force officials to add an additional pension...

January 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Parents' savings for their children's college educations took a big hit as a bond fund offered by at least four state 529 plans...

January 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study from Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, and Aite Group LLC indicates that managing...

April 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The greatest fear among risk managers is by far rising medical costs, with 52% of managers in a recent survey saying that was...

January 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Highland Capital Management, L.P. has announced portfolio management changes to two funds, effective January 1.

January 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sears has announced that it is suspending its 401(k) match for most employees.

January 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest 401(k) match to fall in recent months came at The Denver Post newspaper where managers and other non-union employees were informed...

January 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Ohio has reversed course on a company stock suit filed by former Owens-Corning employees with a new ruling that...

January 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More households own mutual funds inside tax-deferred accounts—such as defined contribution (DC) plans, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), and variable annuities—than outside these accounts,...

January 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Delaying doctor visits and dipping into savings, including retirement savings, to pay for health care are among the list of health care behaviors...

January 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Daytona Beach insurance company is acquiring a Newport Beach, California, employer benefits broker that specializes in medium and large businesses, according to...

January 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Daytona Beach insurance company is acquiring a Newport Beach, California, employer benefits broker that specializes in medium and large businesses, according to...

December 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment management firm Calvert has announced the launch of the Calvert Government Fund.

December 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The common factor among the best Canadian employers, according to Hewitt Associates - employee engagement.

December 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you're inclined to curl up with a good book, you've got a lot of company, according to a new survey of human...

December 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For those for whom 2008 has seemed interminably long, it just got longer.

December 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For those who might need a little help knowing when they have had too much to drink, here's a few words of advice.

December 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published a final rule that affects health care providers, and has stirred up...

December 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A court of appeals returned a case to the jury to determine whether an employee should have accepted a reduced position during a...