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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...

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Fitch Ratings report asserts that most pension liabilities at U.S. media and entertainment companies in 2009 should be "modest" relative to...

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes, Inc. announced that it will temporarily suspend publication of the Dow Jones Hedge Fund Equity Long/Short and Equity...

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has named John Gruber as head of Global Product Management for its Performance & Risk Analytics (P&RA) product line.

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York-based commercial real-estate broker and a Pennsylvania broadcasting company are the two latest employers to cease their 401(k) matching contributions as...

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has announced plans to expand its participant communication and education beyond retirement-related topics.

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a new report, Charles Schwab reveals its finding that there is a strong connection between a plan sponsor's company match contribution formula...

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Direxion announced its entrance into the exchange-traded fund (ETF) space with the Direxion Shares 3x ETFs, slated to begin trading Wednesday, November 5,...

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Texas management consultant whose name has been attached a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on participants' legal rights to pursue fiduciary breach...

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dow Jones Indexes has announced the addition of a dozen new countries to its Islamic Market World Index.

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - World equity markets registered their worst month in history as investors lost an estimated $5.79 trillion during October, Standard & Poor's Index Services...

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BNY ConvergEx Group, LLC has created a new solution that it says enables small and medium-sized pension funds to leverage the benefits of...

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's has launched the S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond Index Series.

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CDM Retirement Consultants., a Towson, Maryland-based open architecture plan provider, is giving sponsors a break on fees.

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fringe Benefit Group has announced the availability of its new limited medical insurance plan, Framework Passage, which provides first dollar coverage for employees...

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Natixis Global Associates (NGA) has announced the addition of the Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund (VNVAX) to the Natixis Funds lineup.

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America has made enhancements to its employee benefit enrollment services by adding more features to serve the...

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has moved forward several fiduciary breach claims against Comcast Corporation for its handling...