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October 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Regulator, set up by the UK government in April to police the pension industry, has released guidelines to determine at-risk pension...

July 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SEI has come out with its own version of Shariah-compliant equity funds, following the lead of several other asset managers who have done...

July 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has approved legislation that would expand the state's Family Health Plus insurance program, once only available to low-income...

July 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A press release from Mercer Human Resource Consulting warns that new guidance on how pension fund surpluses are treated on company balance sheets...

July 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A press release from Mercer Human Resource Consulting warns that new guidance on how pension fund surpluses are treated on company balance sheets...

July 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two U.S. Senators have introduced a measure that would nudge employers to implement wellness programs by giving them tax incentives.

July 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre has promised to drop his ongoing legal batter against $800 million in retirement benefits - but only...

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,...

July 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell has vetoed a bill that would have given the state comptroller the legal authority to set generally accepted accounting...

July 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are split nearly half and half over how much a candidate's alma mater matters in terms of landing an accounting job, a...

July 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey finds that while a majority of defined benefit plan sponsors have either closed the plan to new hires or frozen...

July 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With bills pending in both the U.S. Senate and House encouraging employers to sponsor auto-enrolled IRAs, an AARP-sponsored study says such a vehicle...

July 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey by a New York consulting firm found that the percentage of workers not in a workplace retirement plan who terminated...

October 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The annual Investment Company Institute (ICI) survey on mutual fund ownership shows that the gap between mutual fund ownership outside of retirement plans...

July 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBP Asset Management LLC (UBPAM) will now offer two new strategies, one that focuses on event-driven investing and the other that invests mostly...

July 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees in Florida who are victims of domestic violence are now allowed up to three days of paid or unpaid leave, under a...

July 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon Equity Associates has launched a 130/30 equity product aimed at outperforming the Standard & Poor's 500 Index by using short sales.

July 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A typical U.S. pension plan saw little change in its funding status in June, according to a new report.

July 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has come out with a new dental product that gives participants a broader choice in how they spend their...

July 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers in the Illinois House have rebuffed a proposal by Governor Rod Blagojevich to lease the state's lottery to generate enough cash to...