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April 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has permanently barred a District of Columbia lawyer from servicing any Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) plans after the...

April 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal tax officials on Wednesday announced that Americans whose economic stimulus payment is direct deposited into a tax-favored account can pull it out...

May 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 6.1 million Americans are covered by Health Savings Account (HSA)-eligible insurance plans, a 35% increase since last year, a new census...

April 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When home equity and government assistance are taken out of the picture, the snapshot for retirement looks much bleaker, according to a new...

April 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Greenwich Associates report finds that asset-liability matching continues to gain ground as a fund management strategy by defined benefit plan sponsors.

April 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are embracing flexible work arrangements as a way to meet the needs of a diverse workforce, but most have not structured their...

April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Saying the retirement business is a "strategic priority" for the firm's Global Wealth Management (GWM) group, Merrill Lynch has confirmed that Steve Bodurtha...

April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's (DoL) Employee Benefits Security Administration has announced publication of technical corrections to the final regulation on qualified default...

April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MetLife has launched the MetLife Social Security Decision Tool to help consumers simplify the decisionmaking process and maximize their Social Security benefit and...

APRIL 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's largest public pension fund lost its second executive in recent days with word that chief executive officer Fred Buenrostro Jr., 58,...

April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge was correct in dismissing a 401(k) participant's company stock suit because the plaintiff had not put on a strong enough...

April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the months after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling sanctioning fiduciary breach lawsuits by individual participants, lawyers are likely to turn their attention...

April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Causeway Capital Management LLC announced the launch of the Causeway Global Value Fund (Institutional Class: CGVIX).

April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Newkirk has announced the availability of its N1 Profiler, designed to identify specific plan participants for targeted communication purposes.

April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has introduced 403(b) Quick, a Web-based plan document tool designed to help tax-exempt employers generate recordkeeping agreements and plan documents to...

April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates has acquired LCG and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Disability Management Alternatives, LLC.

April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pioneer Investments announced that John F. (Jack) O'Connor has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Head of U.S. Institutional, effective April...

April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds that health coverage is a factor in some people's decisions to switch jobs - and in...

April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ExpertPlan, provider of private-label recordkeeping solutions for retirement plans has announced its acquisition of Pennsylvania-based TSCI, formerly Trust Service Company, Inc.

April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Genworth Financial's annual cost of care research has found that the prices of most long-term care services are rising at a faster rate...