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September 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The current economy has workers stretching their paychecks more than ever, according to a nationwide survey of over 7,192 workers by CareerBuilder.com.

September 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Janus Capital Group Inc. has introduced a new fund of funds product, the Janus Adviser Modular Portfolio Construction Fund.

September 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New Jersey appellate court has concluded that a former employee who kept personal files on computers owned by his former employer had...

September 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with overseeing a class action lawsuit that could have represented as many as 57,000 401(k) plans at the Principal Financial Group, a...

September 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court, agreeing with a lower court ruling, asserted that an employer was within its legal bounds when it gave pension...

September 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Millikin Mandt Associates, Inc. is offering what it calls "a very competitive" 403(b) plan solution focusing on the small plan (under 200 employee)...

September 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Services has issued Notice 2008-73 expanding transitional relief on some funding requirements for certain small pension plans.

September 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial services provider Sentinel Financial Group and Evolution Benefits, Inc., provider of electronic payment solutions to the employee benefits market, have announced a...

September 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute has announced the release of a question and answer Web page to address questions it received following the release of...

September 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global has launched the Market Vectors-RVE Hard Assets Producers exchange-traded fund (HAP) - which the firm says...

September 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Findings of a nationwide survey of Canadian plans by Buck Consultants show that for Supplemental Employee Retirement Plans (SERPs), sponsors' top concerns include...

September 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Conference Board study of data from the largest 1,000 U.S. companies found institutional investors have substantially increased their equity holdings to...

September 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Retirement Partners, which recently launched as a 403(b) benefits administrator, announced it has closed on the acquisitions of the first three regional...

September 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research from Chatham Partners indicates two-thirds of plan sponsors have selected a qualified default investment alternative (QDIA) despite limited understanding of QDIA...

September 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Munder Capital Management, an institutional money management firm, has announced plans to exit the money market mutual fund business.

September 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a former employee who claimed to be unaware of an arbitration clause in...

September 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Henderson Global Investors launched the Henderson Industries of the Future Fund on August 29, 2008.

September 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Illinois has ruled that a Verizon Communications cash balance plan administrative committee should have gone to court to resolve...

September 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon Capital Management Corporation has unveiled an Advanced Beta strategy that invests in a range of global asset classes to enhance performance regardless...

September 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials with J.P. Morgan's Investor Services say that risk analytics provider, Measurisk, LLC, has become an important part of J.P. Morgan's alternative investment...