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August 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The final IRS Section 409A regulations, which will become effective on January 1, clarify several issues impacting hedge fund managers' nonqualified compensation plans,...

August 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Independence has added international securities to its NestEgg Dow Jones Target Date Funds and has reduced the expense ratios of each of...

June 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than a third of female finance executives say they've bumped into the glass ceiling during their careers.

August 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans need to add a fourth leg to the traditional "three-legged stool" paradigm to properly prepare themselves for life after their full-time work...

August 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DWS Scudder, the U.S. retail division of Deutsche Asset Management, on Monday announced the launch of the DWS Alternative Asset Allocation Plus Fund,...

August 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers will begin offering annuities as an investment option within 401(k) plans as a way to ensure greater retirement security on behalf of...

June 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lead directors serving on the boards of companies in the Biotech industry saw a 33% increase in total cash compensation in the last...

August 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that a defined benefit plan participant can still pursue a fiduciary breach claim against the plan's investment...

August 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Work by a commission to help Kentucky find solutions to its $18 billion pension deficit is being held up by questions about attorney...

August 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that a defined benefit plan participant can still pursue a fiduciary breach claim against the plan's investment...

August 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Smith Barney has named Julian Clark, former President and CEO of Mellon Investor Services, as Managing Director of Smith Barney Global Stock Plan...

August 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aetna Inc. is facing a lawsuit that claims members received lower health insurance benefits because Aetna units improperly calculated the usual, customary and...

June 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , the Department of Justice and other regulatory organizations have begun investigating companies suspected of backdating...

August 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A band of bloggers is pushing to form a labor union its members hope will get them health insurance, collective bargaining power and...

August 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new research report from BusinessWeek says that in a recent benchmark survey by The Hackett Group, companies that had adopted an HR...

April 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi has filed a lawsuit against auditor Arthur Andersen and Qwest Communications, claiming that artifically inflated Qwest led...

April 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wachovia Corp. shareholders have narrowly approved a nonbinding resolution by a union-administered mutual fund to require that bank severance packages worth three times...

April 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell announced Wednesday that she is willing to fully fund the state teachers' retirement system that currently has an...

April 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says that pension fund demand for high quality bonds may be exceeding supply by a...

August 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senior management received only mediocre marks from Human Resource professionals for communicating with employees, according to a survey by Novations Group, a global...