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October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill approved by the U.S. Senate would reform the way retirement benefits for federal employees based in Hawaii, Alaska, and U.S. territories...

October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution providers in the UK are suggesting a change to default investments with more diversification, longer de-risking periods, and more exposure to...

October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Jobfox poll indicates Gen Y workers are perceived by recruiters as being the weakest performers among the four generations that now...

October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Robert L. Barchi, M.D., Ph.D., President of Thomas Jefferson University, has announced the establishment of the Jefferson School of Health Policy and Population...

October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard Insurance Company (The Standard) has introduced a Web-based tool that streamlines the benefits enrollment process and reduces the administrative burden on employers.

October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Natixis Global Associates (NGA) has announced the launch of the Delafield Select Fund.

October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MasteryPOINT has unveiled Plan Investment Plus (PIP), a new online service it says will help advisers work with plan sponsors and their fiduciaries...

October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Calvert has launched its latest sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) mutual fund, part of a new series of investment portfolios known as Calvert...

October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Security Benefit is adding five mutual funds from American Funds to the SFR Program, a group retirement platform for 403(b)(7), 457(b), and 401(k)...

October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - San Francisco-based The Online 401(k) has unveiled a partnership with Oakmont Partners, a Boston-based financial consulting and planning firm.

October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has announced final rules under the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) relating to distribution of 401(k)...

October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Median CEO total cash compensation decreased 8.7% in 2008, with the biggest decrease in the Software and Life Sciences/Biotechnology sectors, which saw decreases...

October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Yet another fund company has signed its money market funds for a U.S. Treasury Department Guarantee.

October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With credit harder to come by and credit costs increasing, senior executives surveyed by Grant Thornton LLP ranked employee benefits as their number...

October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS Global Asset Management announced that its US Pension Fund Fitness Tracker, a quarterly estimate of the overall health of a typical U.S....

October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent auditor for the embattled American International Group, Inc. (AIG), has agreed to a $97.5-million settlement in a securities fraud suit...

October 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The news of the Wells Fargo-Wachovia acquisition was still ringing in the air - when Citigroup weighed in.

October 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you're still trying to sort through what the Wachovia-Citigroup deal means - don't bother.

October 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plaintiffs in a January 2005 stock drop and excessive fee case have won two legal skirmishes with a federal judge's rulings certifying the...

October 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Average Americans feel they just cannot get ahead when it comes to saving for retirement and do not know quite where to turn...