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November 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Voters in Arizona, Florida, and California on November 4 agreed to state constitutional amendments to specify only marriage between a man and a...

November 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a Supplemental Final Rule that provides additional background and analysis for the department's No-Match Rule.

November 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Still River Retirement Planning Software, Inc. has revised its software supporting ongoing compliance with the new IRS regulations requiring 403(b) plan sponsors to...

November 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investors saw the performance of their portfolios drop sharply in the third quarter of 2008, with foundations and endowments having the worst...

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has decided that two former Boston Scientific Corp. employees who sold more company stock than they purchased did...

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - South Carolina voters have rejected two state constitutional amendments that would have allowed state and local governments to invest in equities to fund...

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Janus Capital Group has appointed Chad Gross as Vice President and Director of Public Funds with JanusINTECH Institutional.

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The BNA Holiday Practices Survey indicates employers are less generous this year than they were in 2007 in granting paid time off during...

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only one-in-five (20%) large UK corporate pension plan sponsors are giving serious thought to selling off their final salary pension obligations in whole...

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Also on Tuesday's presidential election ballot, Maine voters resoundingly rescinded the state's recently imposed tax on soda, beer, and wine that was designed...

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Newark, Delaware, power company did not have to tell workers when it converted its defined benefit pension plan to a cash balance...

November 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have announced that a Sterling, Virginia, information technology company has agreed to pay $1.7 million to 343 non-immigrant workers for back...

November 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - Either outcome of the 2008 presidential election will result in a first for America -- either Sarah Palin will be the first...

November 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lincoln Financial Group has named Daniel Hayes as head of Funds Management, Retirement Solutions, the company announced.

November 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Newport Group announced that it has appointed Kris Krikorian and David Semmler as Regional Directors, reporting to Newport's Chief Marketing Officer Tom...

November 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Greenwich Associates study found that UK pension funds gave up their dedication to equity allocations just in the nick of time.

November 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that the lack of language in a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) assigning survivorship benefits to an ex-spouse...

November 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has ruled that John Hancock Life Insurance Co. cannot demand that a pension plan trustee suing it in...

November 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), the National Business Group on Health (NBGH), and the American Benefits Council (ABC) have filed friend-of-the-court briefs reiterating...

November 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that on October 31, 2008, the United States District Court for the district of Massachusetts entered...