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August 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has enhanced its Fundamentals performance and risk tool with a dashboard application that provides institutional clients with a direct and easy...

August 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A total of 5,488 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in 2007, a decrease of 6% from the revised total...

August 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There is no doubt the new rules 403(b) sponsors will have to comply with by January 1, 2009, will result in a very...

August 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Responding to criticism of executive pay packages, a growing number of U.S. companies are making their executive pay programs, as well as portions...

August 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - By providing financial security in what some are calling a recession, 10 growing companies have earned national acclaim for standing by their employees.

August 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Corporation has announced that David Puth has been named to a newly created position as head of State Street's investment research,...

August 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While high gas prices are leading Americans to cut costs, they are not changing the way they get to and from work, according...

August 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Massachusetts plumbing and air conditioning supply company has sued State Street over allegations it misrepresented a bond fund ultimately invested in mortgage-based...

August 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Internal Revenue Service regulations for 403(b) plans mean greater plan sponsor involvement in the administration and monitoring of their plans, but when do...

August 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The year 2008 has not been kind to pension portfolios.

August 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The San Ramon, California-based BenefitStreet, has completed the sale of its Westbury, New York-based subsidiary Schloss & Co., an actuarial and benefits consulting...

August 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - "Don't let worry kill you -- let the church help."

August 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - New Internal Revenue Service requirements for 403(b) plans are causing some sponsors to consider terminating their plans and/or switching to a 401(k)...

August 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - With the new Internal Revenue Service 403(b) regulations comes a key shift from the 403(b) industry being participant-driven to being plan sponsor-driven....

August 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pentegra Retirement Services, a provider of retirement products and services specializing in the banking and credit union markets, has made an acquisition.

August 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has set in place an investment policy for its infrastructure investments.

August 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund assets worldwide decreased 5.1% to $24.81 trillion at the end of the first quarter of 2008, the first quarterly decline in...

August 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Congressional oversight agency on Monday argued that a new investment policy unveiled earlier this year represents more risk for the nation's private-sector...

August 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The long-running legal battle over a controversial Milwaukee County benefits program that eventually sparked a scandal and a personnel reshuffling has taken a...

August 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private-sector pension insurer on Monday defended itself against questions raised in a new Congressional oversight report about the Pension Benefit Guaranty...