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October 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A quarter of plan sponsors who don't use derivatives as a risk-management tool show a lack of understanding of how the derivatives can...

October 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey developed by OfficeTeam shows the average worker has no desire to fill the boss' shoes.

October 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the assets of the Milliman 100 pension plans suffered major investment losses (more than $78 billion) during September, significant increases in interest...

October 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of organizations in a recent survey are lax on policies regarding political activity in the workplace, but more than half allow...

October 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The share of the U.S. population under 65 years old with health insurance rose from 2006 to 2007, but it was not thanks...

October 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has published a "request for information" (RFI) to assist the department in implementing...

October 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, has promoted Richard (Rick) Lacaille to a new role as...

October 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) used an Ohio speech to call for rules governing distributions from retirement savings accounts to...

October 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The PowerShares NextQ Portfolio has changed its name to the PowerShares NQX Portfolio.

October 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) finds employers want 2008 college grads and have bumped up salary...

October 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts' highest court will decide whether a former city worker qualifies for a full disability retirement because she suffered a heart attack after...

October 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a national survey of CFOs and senior comptrollers conducted by Grant Thornton LLP, 66% of respondents said the average CEO is overpaid,...

October 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut became the third state to legalize same-sex marriage with a state Supreme Court ruling that gay couples have the constitutional right to...

October 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirees feeling hemmed in by minimum distribution requirements got some support from the two leading presidential candidates.

October 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight (mostly) former employees of Fidelity Investments have reached preliminary settlements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a gift-taking probe,...

October 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury announced an extension of the date by which a governmental plan must comply with final regulations...

October 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America has announced a new absence management program that can help business owners and benefit managers with...

October 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition for review by Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) of a ruling upholding a $100,000 punitive damages...

October 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A special edition of the Transamerica Retirement Survey reveals that Americans want the next President and Congress to focus on guaranteeing retirement income.

October 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workplace retirement plans enjoyed an across-the-board participation hike in 2007 - the first such increase since 1998.