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September 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. has named William McDermott as Executive Vice President of Corporate Markets, where he will develop retirement solutions for...

September 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) said that it will combine the pension categories of defined contribution plans and defined return plans, but...

September 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A new Standard and Poor's study found that money fund managers are concentrating on safety and liquidity and downplaying yield.

September 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Reaping the rewards of their success in meeting plan sponsors' expectations about installation and ongoing service support, insurance companies have captured a larger...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A new Spectrem Group study provides more evidence that auto plan features - particularly auto enrollment at plans with $10 million or more...

September 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - State Street Corp. has announced plans to freeze its pension plan for its 15,000 workers in favor of a 401(k) plan with beefed...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care rate increases fell to 5.3% in 2007, down from 7.9% in 2006, but are expected to increase to 8.7% in 2008,...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Women's confidence in their ability to retire with a comfortable lifestyle has remained low and has not changed since 2004, with only 23%...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - 401k Toolbox, a Watkinsville, Georgia-based advice provider, has unveiled its On Track retirement planner and prospecting tool for plan advisers.

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of retired adults said their expenses in retirement were what they expected, compared to about 30% who said they were more...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The San Diego pension board's undervaluing of an employee perk could mean that current and future retirees will feel the brunt of the...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a sweeping aviation reform legislative measure that also raises the commercial pilot retirement age from 60...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A male manager at an Orlando-based Dillard's department store sexually harassed male employees by repeatedly exposing himself and making sexually explicit and derogatory...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jenzabar, Inc., which provides software services for higher education institutions, has launched a payroll and human resources software product forJava-based frameworks.

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A consulting firm study finds that companies this year are increasingly instituting incentives for healthy behavior and penalties for unhealthy behavior as open...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - At a time when the level of plan fees and the extent of their disclosure are a key issue in the retirement services...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.K's Royal Mail plans to shut its DB plan for its approximately 130,000 existing employees as well as new workers and raise...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - 130/30 funds - also known as quantitative "hedge-lite" funds - apparently escaped much of the damage suffered by many hedge funds during the...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of nearly 100 law firms has once again asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to push back the deadline to bring...

September 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan pension fund is suing the biggest defense contractor in Europe, BAE Systems Plc, over claims BAE spent more than $2 billion...