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June 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) and TIAA-CREF, a national financial services organization and the leading provider of retirement services in the...

June 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A Hewitt Associates analysis of HMO 2008 premium rates predicts the highest rate increase in four years.

June 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Firms are placing more emphasis on engaging employees in the administration and communication of benefit and compensation plans, according to findings of a...

June 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Proceeds from a recent bond sale have ensured the West Virginia State Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) will no longer rank as the nation's...

June 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Proceeds from a recent bond sale have ensured the West Virginia State Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) will no longer rank as the nation's...

June 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a report from the IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities that includes recommendations...

June 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) has conducted the first study to link higher health care copays to health-related productivity by examining prescription medication habits...

June 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon Analytical Solutions has announced new features for its Report Writers, the group's report writing and query tool that helps institutional investors build...

June 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BNY ConvergEx Group, LLC, a provider of global agency brokerage and investment technology solutions, has launched Perform-Ex, a Web-based performance measurement, monitoring and...

June 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey from Watson Wyatt Worldwide has found that many multinational companies are reexamining global investment policies and risk management strategies related...

June 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BlackRock, Inc. has entered into an agreement under which it will acquire the fund of funds business of Quellos Group, LLC for up...

June 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) has found state employers' planned merit increase budgets are up slightly for 2007.

June 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While benefits offered by employers remained mostly the same in 2007 as in 2006, there was a slight decrease in the number of...

June 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets of the Association for Financial Professionals (CIEBA) has released an updated version of its primer,...

June 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has added to its Web site a tool that permits investors to obtain information directly from company...

June 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's has announced the launch of the latest addition to the S&P Global Shariah Index Series - a fully investable S&P...

June 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS Global Asset Management today announced the formation of the Defined Contribution and Retirement Solutions Group, established to help today's defined contribution plans...

June 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM) has announced the creation of the MainStay Retirement Funds, a series of funds for target retirement dates...

June 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Compensation/pay and benefits tied as the top factor for job satisfaction by employees participating in the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM) 2007...

June 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - International equity remained the most popular product category for global investment manager searches, followed by US equity, according to Mercer Investment Consulting's (Mercer...