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March 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report released Wednesday by a coalition of business groups finds Generations X and Y members have defined financial goals including amassing...

March 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation announced that the SPDR DB International Government Inflation-Protected Bond ETF...

March 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The equities markets may be on a long-term fritz, but that hasn't stopped fund investors from taking stock positions in their portfolios, according...

March 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from the family of a former Wal-Mart employee injured in a car crash in...

March 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute has filed a 13-page comment letter with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) about the new 403(b) retirement savings plan regulations,...

March 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401kDIRECT, founder of the CIF Marketplace, and EPIC Advisors, Inc. have introduced an expanded service offering combining back office administration with the ability...

March 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fees awarded to lawyers representing retirees who sued the state of South Carolina over contributions required for the Teacher and Employee Retention Incentive...

March 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against an Oak Brook, Illinois, company and two executives accused of improperly using qualified plan...

March 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust announced today that it has enhanced its investment compliance monitoring capabilities for institutional asset servicing and wealth management clients globally by...

March 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is launching a customized service to help retirees actively manage their invested assets and spending in retirement.

March 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) or high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) combined with a tax-advantaged savings or reimbursement account are not living up to claims...

March 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In its 2007 Investment Management Compensation Survey, Callan Associates found that increases in variable components of pay (cash bonus, commissions, profit distributions and...

March 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Segal Company's latest survey of multiemployer plans finds a continued shoring up of their finances.

March 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The NCAA college basketball tournament may be capturing the attention of the nation's sports fans, but that apparently doesn't mean people are forgetting...

March 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unexpected health care costs and inflation are top concerns for pre-retirees and retirees, according to a retirement survey recently commissioned by MFS Investment...

M Financial Group announced that Garden City, New York-based Chernoff Diamond & Co., LLC, has become a Provisional Member Firm.

March 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BNY ConvergEx Group, LLC, a provider of global agency brokerage and investment technology solutions, has entered into a strategic alliance with the Plexus...

March 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) provided to defined benefit plan...

March 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - JennisonDryden Mutual Funds, the proprietary mutual fund family of Prudential Financial Inc., announced that it has recently launched the Dryden US Equity Active...

March 18, 2008 ((b)lines) - Final 403(b) regulations issued by the Internal Revenue Service require that all 403(b) programs have in place a written plan document and specify...