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July 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group lead by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has struck a deal to complete the world's largest leveraged buyout.

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced it is publishing a final rule amending its regulation on Rules for Administrative Review of Agency...

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has added companies in Vietnam to the Russell Global Index for the first time.

March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued the draft of proposed rules requiring employers to recognize the overfunded or underfunded positions of...

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's announced on Wednesday that the S&P/Citigroup Global Equity Indices will be combined with the S&P/IFCG and Frontier Index Series to...

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just as reports indicate Americans will run up huge expenses in retirement and fall short of their savings needs, a new study suggests...

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Spherion Employee Confidence Index dropped 0.8 points to 46.1 in June - a record low for the year.

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many state workers in Utah are moving to a four-day work week next month in an effort to "conserve energy, save money, improve...

March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. announced Friday that it will freeze pension benefits for hourly workers on October 1 and for salaried workers...

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you have a problem with your retirement plan - or are just worried that you might have - the Internal Revenue Service...

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two shareholders of computermaker Apple have sued chief executive Steve Jobs and other company officials for not disclosing the company's stock option backdating...

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - National Save for Retirement Week in 2008 will likely be October 19 - 25.

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The largest union of two Philadelphia newspapers has come to terms with management over the merger of two pension plans.

March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust Company has settled a retirement plan participant lawsuit filed against it in connection with the collapse of the Enron Corporation for...

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There are some changes in store for those who rely on Russell Indexes as a performance benchmark.

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There are some changes in store for those who rely on Russell Indexes as a performance benchmark.

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citing a recent situation in which the nation's private-sector pension insurer demanded repayments from retirees after the agency had miscalculated pension benefits, a...

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has released a paper to assist plan sponsors in evaluating and selecting target-date funds for their defined contribution plans.

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Minnesota state judge awarded $6.5 million in compensatory damages to Wal-Mart workers in the state after finding the giant retailer violated state...

July 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As part of health system reform, the Utah Legislature has made it easier for Utah's uninsured to enroll in their work-sponsored health plan.