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December 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The weakness of the stock market led 401(k) participants to seek more cautious investments, according to the results of the Hewitt 401(k) Index...

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Watson Wyatt analysis found that pension plan liabilities posed relatively high financial risk for only 8% of FORTUNE 1000 companies with pension...

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hartford has made another acquisition - this time Sun Life Retirement Services (U.S.), Inc. (RSI), a 401(k) plan administration business.

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Americans' retirement savings grew in the second quarter of 2007 to $17.4 trillion, according to the latest Investment Company Institute (ICI) data.

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nonqualified executive benefit plan provider MullinTBG has launched a new "life-long" executive benefits program.

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ameritas Group has introduced a new line of dental plans it says offers simplicity and cost control.

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Payroll/HR service provider Paychex, Inc. and BeneTrac, a Paychex company, have announced enhanced integration between Paychex Preview payroll software and BeneTrac's Web-based benefits...

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exante Financial Services, a provider of health-related financial services and a business unit of UnitedHealth Group, announced it will begin managing medical trusts...

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Raleigh, NC-based Schwab Performance Technologies (SPT) has entered into an agreement to acquire RIA back office outsourcing provider Etelligent Consulting, Inc.

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mobile, Alabama-based recordkeeper DailyAccess Corporation has announced the creation of an Institutional Sales team.

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved legislation to encourage investors to withdraw funds from companies doing business in Sudan.

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced it has reached a $77.5 million agreement with Swedish-owned Electrolux Home Products Inc. to protect the...

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A former Starbucks server with an ear ailment has filed a lawsuit against the coffee chain retailer over allegations the Manhattan shop where...

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey conducted online by Harris Interactive and sponsored by The Workforce Institute at Kronos Incorporated found more than half of all...

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The most important task facing today's corporate leaders is choosing their successors, a new study asserts.

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Towers Perrin 2008 Global Compensation Planning Report shows moderate 2008 salary increases are projected for U.S. workers.

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - New York state officials have announced a tightening of regulations governing the operation of the Empire State's $154-billion public employee pension fund.

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Idaho Governor C.L. Otter has come out against forcing the state's public employee pension fund to divest its holdings in Sudan-linked companies.

December 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to Standard & Poor's global stock market review, The World By Numbers, developed equity markets fell 4.39% in November, while emerging equity...

December 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled fraud charges against San Diego's former private auditors.