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July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice of the proposed treatment of recurring part-year compensation under §457(f) and §409A of the Internal...

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.

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A sharply divided federal appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling that the widow of a life insurance plan participant killed in...

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to the fourth annual "Allstate America's Best Drivers Report, the average driver in the safest driving city in the nation experiences an...

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a civil action in United States District Court against Microtune, Inc. and two former senior...

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Plans Group of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. is instituting a number of improvements to its co-fiduciary investment selection and...

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments announced that Bob Lucido has joined the firm as a senior vice president in charge of a newly created Human Resource...

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Samuel Israel III, cofounder and former chief executive of the now defunct hedge fund firm, Bayou Management LLC, has surrendered to police following...

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seems like every time a company with a pension plan heads into bankruptcy, they dump those obligations on the nation's private pension insurer.

July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UnitedHealth Group on Wednesday announced settlement agreements resolving two separate lawsuits over prior stock options backdating.

July 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's has announced the launch of the S&P GCC 40 Index, which it says will provide tradable exposure to Gulf markets.

January 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Colorado state Senator Dave Owen has introduced the first of three expected bills designed to reform the Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA).

July 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nomura Asset Management U.S.A. Inc. (NAM) announced the launch of Nomura Global Alpha LLC (NGA), a New York City-based entity focused on managing...

July 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Turner Funds has introduced the Turner Quantitative Broad Market Equity Fund, a no-load mutual fund that uses its proprietary quantitative model to...

July 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New guides from the Principal Financial Group will provide 403(b) sponsors with step-by-step actions to take over the next several months to get...

July 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans are working together to get out the word about...

January 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The San Diego City Employees' Retirement System (SDCERS) board failed to gain enough support to have legal fees for two indicted former system...