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May 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee benefit provider Unum has announced that it will now kick in $700 towards a 529 college fund for the children of its...

May 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One-quarter of workers surveyed by CareerBuilder.com said they stay in contact with work while on vacation.

May 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pacific Life Insurance Company has added a new team to support 401(k) initiatives.

May 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Advisors has launched the SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF (EWX) on the American Stock Exchange.

May 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Both stock and bond mutual funds experienced inflows in April, while money market funds saw seasonal withdrawals, according to data from Strategic Insight.

May 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Both stock and bond mutual funds experienced inflows in April, while money market funds saw seasonal withdrawals, according to data from Strategic Insight.

May 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's has launched the first index to offer exposure to both equities and commodities across the entire agribusiness industry.

May 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A 10th U.S. Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel has upheld a lower court ruling that the proceeds of debtor's rolled over benefits from an...

May 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study from the Society of Actuaries (SOA) finds inflation is the top retirement concern for baby boomers nearing retirement and for...

May 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer's investment consulting and investment management businesses will now report to Phil de Cristo in the newly-created position of president and group executive...

May 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New Hampshire state legislature continues grappling with sweeping pension reform proposals to shore up the state's public pension system that is currently...

May 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An attorney representing two Detroit pension funds in a suit against Yahoo complained Friday that Yahoo is trying to hide evidence.

May 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New data from Standard & Poor's Index Services shows that S&P 500 defined benefit pension plans returned to their overfunded status in 2007...

May 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit filed in Marshall County, West Virginia, claims public school personnel were duped into moving from the old Teachers' Retirement System (TRS)...

May 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) and the College of Pension Actuaries (COPA) have agreed to join forces with the...

May 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three business trade groups have leaped into the fray over excessive fees in the Deere & Co. 401(k) plan with an argument to...

May 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Segal Company survey of multiemployer pension plans finds that, under funding provisions of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA), the average...

May 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of the nation's largest public pension plan has decided to keep its powder dry - for now, anyway - on legislation...

May 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wachovia Corporation announced that John Papadopulos has been named President of the Retirement and Investment Products Group (RIPG), one of three businesses within...

May 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Workscape, a Marlborough, Massachusetts, HR software provider, has released a beefed-up version of its Workscape Talent Management Suite.