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May 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has launched an advanced system integration tool that offers a plug-and-play technology solution, enabling asset servicing clients to seamlessly communicate trade...

May 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A nearly seven-year legal fight between Allstate Insurance Co. and its agents over their employment status has concluded with a ruling that a...

May 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Median chief financial officer (CFO) pay increased by 5.2% to $2.9 million from 2006 to 2007, according to Equilar, an executive compensation consultant.

May 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Houston City Council has approved a legal budget of up to $150,000 to defend itself against a lawsuit by four African American...

May 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers and their human resource departments are now the number one source consulted for advice during open enrollment season (63%), according to MetLife's...

May 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new research report says target-date investments of the future are likely to be offered in "multiple flavors" according to the participant's risk...

May 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $24.7 billion in April, according to the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

May 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement is recommending the Supreme Court hear a case involving a test of Employee Retirement Income Security Act...

May 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has determined that a telephone company's program that provides reimbursement for phone services...

May 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Supreme Court justices have rendered broad interpretations of workplace discrimination laws giving employees protection from retaliation even if such protection was not...

May 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Evaluation Associates, a wholly owned subsidiary of Milliman which provides consulting services to the institutional investment community, has tapped Bryan Decker as its...

May 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford on Monday vetoed a bill that would double the guaranteed annual cost-of-living raise for retired state workers.

May 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sales of U.S. mutual funds through brokers and financial advisers continue to shift towards fee-based compensation, and away from the traditional model of...

May 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report indicates that the current trend towards banning personal Internet use in the workplace could be costing British businesses up to...

May 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate has sanctioned a bill allowing reservists being activated for military duty to take a tax-free distribution of their flexible spending...

May 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kravitz, a plan consultant specializing in cash balance programs, has announced a nationwide toll-free cash balance hotline for plan service providers.

May 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ascensus, an independent administrator and recordkeeper, has named Tom Fleck as Director of its Institutional Relationship Management Team.

May 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Commodities markets have been thriving of late - and investors have a new way to benchmark those investments.

May 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey by travel site Expedia finds a slight decrease in the number of American workers not using all of their vacation...

May 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A good portion of the money participants will need for their retirement will come from the investment returns generated by their 401(k) accounts...