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January 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The typical U.S. pension plan finished December and the year 2007 in better shape than at the start of both periods, thanks to...

January 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stuart H. Reese, Chairman, President, and CEO of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, has announced that Executive Vice President Elaine Sarsynski will assume...

January 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Golden State public employers should identify the size of their other post-employment benefits (OPEB) liability and work out a plan to prefund it...

January 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- Mellon Capital Management, one of the asset management boutiques within The Bank of New York Mellon, has announced the appointment of Michael C. Ho...

July 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) earned a 12.3% return on investments for the one-year period ended June 30, 2006, marking a...

January 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federated Investors has launched Federated Kaufmann Large Cap Fund, an equity fund that seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in the securities...

January 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four investment industry veterans have hung out a new shingle as Agility Asset Management, LLC.

January 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Paychex has launched a new debit card offering employees a way to access their flexible spending account (FSA) funds.

January 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 40% of Americans plan to save more this year - but only a quarter plan to save more for retirement, according...

January 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cash balance plan sponsors now have access to an asset allocation solution developed specifically for those programs.

May 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company announced that Hellman & Friedman LLC, a private equity firm, together with members of Gartmore Investment Management PLC's senior...

May 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's top advisors has offered to give up his $90,000 a year post to keep his spot on...

May 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The probe into firms illegally awarding stock options to executives at artificially low prices is the biggest corporate wrongdoing investigation since the probe...

January 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey by the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) found 15% of companies which have so far kept open their defined benefit...

January 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Given a list of 15 benefits and characteristics that may be important in choosing a job, "how much one is paid, the total...

January 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Because a 401(k) participant's widow had not yet married her husband when she signed a prenuptial agreement giving up her rights to her...

April 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The San Diego City Council, subject to a second reading next month, approved a plan to use funds from tobacco settlements to borrow...

January 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge in Philadelphia has cleared a building materials manufacturer of wrongdoing in firing a half dozen sales representatives for violating its...

April 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire Invesmart, Inc. and all of its subsidiaries for approximately $85 million.

April 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Social, environmental and corporate governance shareholder resolutions are up in 2006 from 2005, according to the Social Investment Forum (SIF).