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December 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has changed the standard of review it applied to a benefits denial case because of a recent closely watched...

December 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In line with its responsibility under the Pension Protection Act (PPA), the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has provided 2009 data for the...

December 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President George W. Bush on Tuesday signed into law a broad pension relief bill that includes a one-year moratorium on required minimum distribution...

December 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - S&P 500 pension funds are expected to report broad losses in their $1.5 trillion portfolio for 2008, as well as "potentially post record...

December 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -American savers held $16.9 trillion in retirement assets at the end of the second quarter of 2008, accounting for nearly 36% of all U.S....

December 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ever wonder how your DC plan measures up against plans of comparable size, or employers in the same industry?

December 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Giant coffee retailer Starbucks Corp. has informed employees it will switch to a "fully discretionary match" from a "fixed employer match" for its...

December 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kemet Corp., a South Carolina company that makes capacitors for electronics products, has joined the ranks of those companies making compensation and benefits...

December 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unisys Corporation is suspending its 401(k) plan matching contribution to save $50 million annually as part of a series of cost-cutting moves designed...

December 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Independent research conducted by Prudential reveals that 18% of U.K. workers say they have reduced the amount they save for an occupational or...

December 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of attorneys surveyed (51%) said networking, personal referrals, or peer referrals are the most effective resources for finding skilled support...

December 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new MetLife study finds that 42% of retirees surveyed are considering reallocating their assets to products that may provide a higher rate...

December 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three state senators have lent their voices to those calling on Pennsylvania's Public School Employees' Retirement System to rescind the bonuses being awarded...

December 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Greenwich, Connecticut, town officials say it could take an infusion of close to $100 million to make the town's pension fund whole again...

December 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced the selection of "strategic partners" to manage $2.5 billion in private equity and real estate assets.

December 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kentucky State Representative Mike Cherry, chairman of the House State Government Committee, said he plans to file a bill that would keep the...

December 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While IT professionals may dress casually on the job, those looking for work should be more formal, a new survey suggests.

December 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers participating in a recent severance package benchmarking survey offer both outplacement services and financial planning to their laid-off employees.

December 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Boston-based Pioneer Investments has named Bill C. Taylor Senior Vice President and Head of Relationship Management and Strategic Alliances Group in the U.S.

December 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirees hoping for the gift of some government intervention on the calculation of requirement minimum distributions just got some coal in their stockings...