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Here's an interesting case study from our friends at Reish Luftman Reicher & Cohen: "Recently, a 401(k) plan trustee requested our advice regarding a failure of the plan...

November 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a new form for employers to make sure all new hires are legally allowed...

November 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Baby Boomers appear to be talking more with their adult children about family finances than with their parents, a new study has found.

November 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Looks like the malls will be a bit more crowded on "Black Friday" this year - and with shoppers who are younger and...

November 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor announced a settlement requiring Union Labor Life Insurance Co. (ULLICO) of Washington, D.C., to pay back nearly $16.7...

November 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The federal workplace safety agency has issued a final rule mandating that personal protective equipment (PPE) workers are required to have must be...

November 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The California Supreme Court has turned away a request to review a lower court ruling giving the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS)...

November 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli last week announced a plan to divest state retirement funds from companies doing business in Iran.

November 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you're lucky enough to have access to inside counsel, odds are you're paying more for that privilege.

November 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is trying to decide if it can - or should - help investors be more aware of business...

November 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new global study from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) reports the expectations of "millennial" professionals and the resulting implications for the future of people management.

November 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal securities regulators have given preliminary approval to plan to make prospectuses easier to understand and general improve mutual fund disclosures.

November 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC) insurance program for single-employer pension plans reported a deficit of $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2007, according...

November 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Kentucky has ruled that cash balance plan participants who sued more than five years after receiving lump sum distributions...

November 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - To aid plan sponsors in satisfying the requirements of the IRS's proposed regulations for qualified automatic contribution arrangements (QACAs) and eligible automatic contribution...

November 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the Internal Revenue Service and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) announced the...

November 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two former Quaker Oats Co. employees fighting to receive additional pension benefits they say were promised them by Quaker have lost a second...

November 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kravitz, a consultant in the design, implementation, and management of cash balance pension plans, has introduced the Cash Balance TPA Partners Program.

November 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -AIG VALIC has unveiled Portfolio Director Ibbotson Solutions, a new service that provides certain 403(b) plan sponsors with independent, third-party expertise in the selection...

November 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional plans continued to gain ground in the third quarter - but may have given much of that back this month, according to...