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June 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Knight Capital Group, Inc. announced it has expanded the transition management services provided to plan sponsors and investment managers as part of the...

June 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TIAA-CREF says it is now ready to help clients prepare written plan documents newly required for some 403(b) plans.

June 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has turned to Thomson Reuters executive Michael E. Wilens to fill the new position of head of asset management.

June 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Fidelity COO Robert L. "Bob" Reynolds has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments.

June 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a conference call welcoming Robert J. "Bob" Reynolds as Putnam Investments President and Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, Reynolds said he...

June 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly eight-in-ten (78%) employers surveyed by Fidelity Investments already offer a qualified default investment alternative (QDIA), with most (63%) hold lifecycle funds as...

June 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, announced that it has been selected by Lincoln Financial Group...

June 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Beginning June 21, you will have to show identification to get past the security checkpoint at airports.

June 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has determined that a female receptionist who was fired for refusing to serve...

June 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer costs for employee compensation averaged $28.46 per hour worked in March 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor...

June 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments has named Gerald Sullivan managing director and senior portfolio manager and Rob Brookby senior vice president and portfolio manager of Putnam's...

June 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BPO Management Services, Inc. (BPOMS), a full-service business process outsourcing company focused on serving middle-market enterprises, has signed a strategic relationship agreement with...

June 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 2007 was very kind to the defined benefit pension plans at the largest U.S. companies, according to a new study.

June 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If they could work out of their homes, 37% of U.S. technology workers would take a pay cut of up to 10%, a...

June 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Corporation today unveiled the results of the State Street Private Equity Index as of December 31, 2007.

June 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Emerging world equity markets gained 2.34% in May, while developed world markets returned 1.85%, according to Standard & Poor's monthly stock market review,...

June 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Beginning with distributions in 2009, the reporting of dividends on employer securities that are distributed from an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) under...

June 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has launched the Goldman Sachs Absolute Return Tracker (ART) Fund (Class A: GARTX).

June 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has tapped board member John Schlifske as its new president and chief executive officer after former head Craig Ueland stepped down...

June 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a deceased 401(k) plan participant's girlfriend is not entitled to half the approximately $450,000 in...