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September 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Hancock Retirement Plan Services has announced new tools designed to help 401(k) participants develop detailed retirement savings objectives and a post-enrollment education...

September 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite enormous shifts in the business landscape over the last decade, most companies have made minimal changes, at best, in the design and...

September 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Average base salary hikes in Canada are expected to be about the same 3.8% in 2008 as they were in 2007, according to...

September 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A $125 million settlement between Merrill Lynch & Co. and investors over the company's publishing of biased research got federal court approval on...

September 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) surveyed said a new kind of talent is needed to steer the finance function beyond traditional roles within a...

September 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A trade group representing more than 500 U.S. public pension funds has backtracked on its previous opposition to proposals to raise taxes on...

September 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An increasingly lucrative tobacco market could tempt the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) to lift its ban on international tobacco stocks, the...

September 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A death in a CEO's family could have some link to the downward shifts in a company's profitability, according to research by three...

June 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Minnesota State Auditor Pat Anderson is investigating what she calls an "illegally created trust" for the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund.

June 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The UK's Pensions Regulator has issued additional guidance for pension scheme trustees and their professional advisors regarding summary funding statements.

September 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BenefitStreet Inc. has announced that Reliance Trust Company has been added as a custodian to the recently introduced BenefitStreet ETF 401(k) solution.

September 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey finds that 18 to 34-year-olds may be more likely to claim they are victims of age discrimination than their older...

September 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles Schwab has reported both a dramatic increase in the use of automatic retirement plan features and additional applications of automated tools by...

September 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a denial of overtime pay could be enough to prove an adverse employment action...

September 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer HR Services and Financial Engines have worked out an expanded alliance to provide Financial Engines' full suite of advisory services to Mercer...

September 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former employees of food manufacturer Kerry (Canada) Inc., want to appeal a decision that said the company could use plan funds to cover...

September 5, 2007 (PLANPSPONSOR.com) - RHR International Company has come out with a way for companies to evaluate the leadership potential of executive candidates by seeing how they...

September 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although almost half (45%) of small businesses served by professional employer organizations surveyed said they had about the same amount of difficulty hiring...

September 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Activists pushing for divestment in companies with business links to Sudan have announced a few new targets that include big mutual fund companies...

September 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Zurich Financial Services has announced an expanded directors and officers liability insurance offering for middle market companies in North America, which now targets...