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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...

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net outflows of $21.9 billion in September, according to data from the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds fell 8.3% or $959 billion to $10.6 trillion in September, according to Investment Company Institute...

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Industry and retirement groups in a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee have asked for...

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new research brief issued by the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) suggests freezing a defined benefit pension plan in favor of...

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.7% from June to September 2008, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the...

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Half of nonprofit employers in a recent poll said late-career or retired workers could be appealing hires for them, while another 39% said...

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total managed accounts assets reached $1.85 trillion through the first half of 2008, according to the annual report Cerulli Quantitative Update: Managed Accounts...

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin, two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers who were indicted on conspiracy and fraud counts in June, are...

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.S. judge has ordered the freezing of more than $553 million in U.S. investments held by Argentine pension funds that the government...

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has voted to require that employers provide extensive information about the fair value of assets in pension...

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has shot down a highly-compensated former employee's attempt to limit the offset of his pension plan...

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of U.S.-based employers in a recent survey said they want to continue to provide employee health care coverage, but do not...

October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four female former Human Resources executives of Dell, Inc. on Thursday filed a class action discrimination suit against the company in U.S. District...

October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In PLANSPONSOR's "PLUGGED IN-Participant Education in the Current Market Environment" Webcast, retirement plan advisers and PLANSPONSOR Editor-in-Chief Nevin Adams discussed what to tell...

October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Services division at the American United Life Insurance Company (AUL), a OneAmerica company, announced that the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)...

October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund assets worldwide decreased 0.7% to $24.64 trillion at the end of the second quarter of 2008, according to Investment Company Institute...

October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that a plan sponsor cannot rely on Florida state law to sue Merrill Lynch for allegedly aiding...

October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (RPS) has increased the number of advisers able to offer services to 401(k) plans through a new distribution...