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July 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced it has assumed responsibility for the underfunded pension plan covering about 460 employees and retirees of...

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell threw her backing behind a bill on Tuesday that calls for floating $2 billion in pension obligation bonds in...

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A woman who severed tendons in her foot and caused nerve damage after dropping a coffee cup on it has lost a legal...

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension plan funding ratios improved steadily over the last quarter, according to the UBS Global Asset Management Pension Fund Fitness Tracker.

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday announced a $37 million payout to more than 300,000 investors who were harmed by Columbia...

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) suggests Social Security, Medicare, and pension laws offer conflicting incentives to retire earlier or...

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The proportion of Californians with employment-based coverage dropped slightly from 57% to 56.2% while the overall percentage of uninsured adults and children in...

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of UK residents paying into defined benefits schemes dropped from 9.8 million to 9.6 million between 2004 and 2006, statistics show.

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - NASD announced on Wednesday it has fined Securities America, Inc. of Omaha, Nebraska, $375,000 for improperly sharing directed brokerage commissions from a mutual...

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Michigan has blocked regulators' efforts to force the former trustee of a profit-sharing plan to pay $257,435 in "lost...

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with a state House of Representatives balking at his call to consider a domestic partner bill during a special session, Kentucky Governor...

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly three quarters of chief financial officers (CFOs) don't intend to leave their positions in the near future, which is why more than...

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Through an arrangement with Morningstar Associates, LLC, Prudential Retirement has created an in-plan asset allocation option that provides a guaranteed withdrawal benefit.

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously to approve a rule prohibiting hedge fund advisers from defrauding investors, Reuters reported.

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -.The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. (GIAC) has announced it is now offering plan sponsors a managed account as a qualified default investment...

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a proposed plan to distribute money in a Fair Fund as part of the agency's market...

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has given the go-ahead to a discrimination lawsuit filed by a Muslim Dunkin' Donuts franchisee, who...

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has ruled that a bankrupt couple could keep the wife's 403(b) assets out of their bankruptcy estate.

July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has obtained a default court judgment providing restitution of $1,154,848.25 plus interest to the profit-sharing retirement plan...

July 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half (57%) of the pension plans in Rhode Island run by municipalities are treading on shaky ground in terms of funding,...