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June 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HSBC is proposing changes to the pensions of its 58,000 staff in Britain, who could see the retirement age raised to 65 from...

June 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt civilian government workers a setback by ruling their workplace discrimination allegations generally do not represent valid constitutional...

June 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer's 2008 Quality of Living survey reveals that European cities dominate worldwide quality of living rankings.

June 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new paper from the Retirement Security Project proposes implementation of automatic enrollment into lifetime income vehicles for 401(k) participants upon retirement.

June 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest data from the Principal Financial Well-Being Index indicate that a scant 3% of workers have cut back on retirement savings contributions...

June 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Advisers appear to see a bright future for exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, at least according to a survey sponsored by a major ETF...

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 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Retirement Partners today announced its launch as a nationwide benefits company designed to give regional 403(b) providers the national scale to better...

June 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ascensus, recordkeeper to retirement plans in the micro to large market segments, has redesigned its participant Web site with what it calls a...

June 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal by AT&T of a lower court's $31.2-million verdict against the company in a...

June 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Synapses Inc., provider of personalized 401(k) education products and services, has launched a Total Benefit Statement service that provides financial advisers with a...

June 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Paychex, Inc. has announced the addition of auto enrollment as an optional plan feature for its 401(k) offering.

June 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Segal Company has announced an agreement with Benefit Informatics to expand electronic claims audit capabilities for clients.

June 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former second in command at giant retailer Wal-Mart Stores has charged in a lawsuit that the company's general counsel led a "witch...

June 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Colorado Governor Bill Ritter on May 28 signed a bill establishing ground rules for a proposed merger of the Denver Public Schools Retirement...

June 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As of 2007, 95% of respondents to Clark Consulting's Executive Benefits survey offer some type of non-qualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plan to executives,...

June 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Domestic partners of Nevada state employees - including same-sex couples - would get health insurance coverage under a measure approved last week.

August 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One current and three former Ohio State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) officials are the latest to face conflict-of-interest charges in the scandal that...

June 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The law firm of Stember Feinstein Doyle & Payne, LLC is investigating whether conduct of certain fiduciaries to the Wachovia Savings Plan, the...

June 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is reported to be in talks to raise as much as $5 billion by early this week - and...