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October 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has purchased San Francisco investment research firm Glass Lewis & Co. for $46 million.

October 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Attorneys General in Alaska and Idaho are looking into possible legal action against State Street Corp. over losses their state retirement funds suffered...

October 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Further extending their probe into conflict-of-interest links, New York state regulators have subpoenaed the financial records of a securities business owned by former...

May 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The list of companies under investigation for backdating stock option grants continues to grow with internal probes by the firms involved as well...

October 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Manufacturing Barometer from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) found senior executives rank their ability to address people issues and the integration work after the...

October 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments named Michael K.Clark, former chief executive officer of JPMorgan's securities services operation, to head its Institutional Services business.

October 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A legislative proposal calling for greater disclosure of 401(k) fees was lambasted in a hearing on Thursday in the U.S. House Education and...

October 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rhode Island state House Speaker William J. Murphy has announced he will create a legislative study commission to look into whether to move...

October 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - How employers design a worker's job functions can significantly affect both the employee's attitude and professional performance, a new academic study has suggested.

October 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will take on the pension plan of bankrupt Brooklyn Hospital Center, which is 27% funded.

October 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A participant in the Macy's Inc. Profit Sharing 401(k) Investment Plan has filed suit against Macy's and named plan fiduciaries, saying they breached...

October 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Those working in the services sector, low-income families, self-employed workers, employees in small private-sector firms and Hispanics are more likely to be without...

October 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wells Fargo has introduced new online portals allowing businesses to administer health care benefits online.

October 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Teachers in Michigan hired after July 2008 will have to pay 6% into the state's pension system, up from the 4% that teachers...

October 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Foundation for Retirement Education (InFRE) has issued a report on its Retirement Readiness Project designed to create a comprehensive profile of...

March 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research from Towers Perrin looks into the challenges presented to employers by defined benefit pension plan risk, why employers are freezing plans...

October 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new bonus plan approved by Massachusetts' Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (PRIM) will pay to the state fund's executive director a 40%...

October 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS Global Asset Management said its US Pension Fund Fitness Tracker, a quarterly estimate of the overall health of a typical U.S. defined...

October 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pennsylvania state judge has dramatically increased to $140.8 million the damage award to Keystone State Wal-Mart workers who won a class-action lawsuit...

October 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - OptionEase, Inc. and Westlake Securities are offering a product to help companies with valuing stock options and other types of equity-based compensation.