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December 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has introduced a planning analysis designed to assess and address widening business and personal financial gaps for business owners,...

December 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ohio-based Oswald Financial, Inc., a consultant in the design, implementation, and management of retirement plans, has launched a retirement plan hotline for employers...

December 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health insurance premiums have slowed to less than half the growth rate five years ago, yet higher costs, increased utilization, and waste in...

December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Beacon Trust Company has acquired Clear Asset Management through a tax-free stock transaction.

December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of directors of a Northern California health-care system have decided to fully fund the company's pension even if it costs as...

December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Michigan has sentenced a contractor to a day in prison and four months in a halfway house for embezzling...

December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After the markets closed, State Street Corp. announced yesterday that it plans to lay off 6% of its staff by the end of...

December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group consisting of portfolio managers, the management team and senior professionals (a.k.a. "management") have agreed to acquire a majority interest in Neuberger...

December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bush Administration lawyers have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to turn away an employer's attempt to appeal a $46-million award in a participant...

December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.S. Congressman has proposed a unique way to spend the remaining $350 billion of that $700 billion bailout.

December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lincoln Financial Group has announced that Tom McGirr has joined the company as Head of IRA Strategies, Retirement Solutions.

December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. has selected Cain Hayes to lead its bundled retirement plan services.

December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nine in 10 U.S. workers in their employer retirement plan have not tapped into their nest egg despite the economic downturn and 11%...

December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If employers see workers staring intently at their computer screens around 2 p.m. on Wednesdays, they may well be searching the Internet about...

December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ProFunds Group is launching what it calls the first exchange traded funds in the United States to provide short or leveraged exposure to...

December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - WisdomTree, an ETF sponsor and index developer, announced the Thursday launch of the WisdomTree LargeCap Growth Fund (ROI) on the NYSE Arca with...

December 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Transamerica Retirement Services announced a series of enhancements to "Transamerica Partner iSeries," a Web-based, virtually paperless, plan administration tool for Third Party Administrators...

December 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Norwalk, Connecticut-based institutional investment adviser has launched a tool providing plan sponsors with a new way to judge the level of fees...

December 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust announced new performance and analysis capabilities for clients investing in private equity, hedge funds, and other alternative assets.

December 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While a majority of board of directors or board-level committees retain responsibility for appointing fiduciaries for qualified plans, an increasing number are choosing...