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April 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. has announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the employee benefit trust business of LaSalle Bank.

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Being a good corporate communicator can benefit the bottom line, according to a new study.

April 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—The nation's Social Security system needs change, or it will "run aground", according to James Lockhart, Deputy Commissioner of Social Security.

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The bottom line of new Pension Protection Act (PPA) regulations on defined benefit plan lump-sum distributions is that they will be as much...

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) has approved a portfolio rebalancing to take the plan from being 100% fixed income to a mix...

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has turned aside Bank of America's efforts to dismiss some of the allegations in a suit accusing the...

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One in 10 chief financial officers (CFOs) plan to add accounting and finance staff during the first quarter of 2008, while 4% anticipate...

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ProManage, LLC, a managed account service provider, has appointed Stephen Foster as head of sales and marketing for the firm.

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch has once again been accused of violating regulatory prohibitions in its consulting practices with government pension plans.

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has cleared a Texas company of wrongdoing for sending life insurance policy conversion forms to a participant's former job site...

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An investment consultant hired by the state of Florida to chart a course of action for the state's troubled local government investment pool...

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a federal appelate court ruling that a group of former AT&T Corp. employees had no...

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UK pension plan sponsors have begun to construct the investment framework through which they will manage existing final salary plans down to zero...

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HSA Bank has introduced its new Mutual Fund Selection investment account option.

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MullinTBG, provider of executive benefits, has introduced a solution for implementing deferred compensation plans at middle-market companies.

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Westmont, Illinois-based DATAIR Employee Benefit Systems has released its defined benefit administration and proposal software with preliminary capabilities for PPA 2006 pension funding...

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, says that a new high yield exchange traded fund began...

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small businesses can get their retirement plan aspirations off to a quick start with Quic(k)Start, a new retirement plan option from Ascensus.

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investors generally saw third quarter returns of approximately half of what they were in the second quarter of 2007, according to the...

April 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The troubled city of San Diego pension system has tapped a local investment executive to be its new administrator.