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April 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Every plan sponsor about to embark on an educational campaign for their employees, should decide what they want to get out of it,...

April 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Spectrem Group survey of large 401(k) plan sponsors found that the sponsors are looking for advisers with expertise in a particular...

April 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer announced that it has recently introduced an online retirement savings educational program to employees whose 401(k) plans it administers and to the...

April 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Independent insurance broker Lockton Companies in Atlanta is launching retirement plan consulting services for both corporate and not-for-profit organizations.

April 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Maine' senate voted on Tuesday to restore certain benefits to state employees and teachers cut during 1993.

April 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has put out an updated, easy-to-use fiduciary handbook that in plain language will help plan sponsors and their financial...

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House of Representatives Tuesday approved tax legislation that would require trustees of health savings accounts (HSAs) to show that distributions from the...

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Simply because an employee had been with a company for a long time did not legally change his status as an "at will"...

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Callan Associates' Independent Adviser Group (IAG) and Natixis Global Associates' Managed Portfolio Advisors (MPA) have officially announced the Callan Unified Managed Account (UMA)...

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles Schwab has announced the launch of a Web site designed to address the unique financial needs of GenXers.

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ALM's Altman Weil Publications' Retirement and Withdrawal Survey for Private Law Firms, 2008 Edition found firms offered more qualified retirement plans in 2008...

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ERI Economic Research Institute's evergreen Salary Increase Survey reports an average salary budget increase of about 4% for 2009, down only slightly...

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) has reminded defined benefit plan sponsors about the requirement to file a special form when a required...

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Milliman's latest study of 100 public company defined benefit pension plans has found that asset losses, coupled with dropping interest rates during January...

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Net cash flow to mutual funds worldwide was $383 billion in the fourth quarter of 2007, with both long-term funds and money market...

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Vermont Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court decision to dismiss claims brought by an Ethan Allen factory worker whose hand was...

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed with a lower court that found an employee who tested positive for drug use...

April 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Envestnet has announced Mike Henkel, former President of Ibbotson Associates, has been named Managing Director for the firm's newly-established Retirement Services Group.

April 15, 2008 ((b)lines) - An adviser has some charter school clients that have been utilizing the DoL safe harbor in Labor Reg. § 2510.3-2(f) regarding being considered...

April 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge hearing a lawsuit by Milwaukee County over the quality of Mercer's advice on its defined benefit pension plan has turned...