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June 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - New data from Statistics Canada shows that the number of Canadian workers covered by a pension plan remained at 5.7 million as of...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While most human resource professionals agreed compensation was very important to achieving certain business goals, a new survey found companies are not using...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MainStay Investments has created three 130/30 mutual funds, according to a news release.

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill recently signed by Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski and scheduled to take effect January 1, 2008 requires employers with at least 25...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill recently signed by Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski and scheduled to take effect January 1, 2008 requires employers with at least 25...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced it is expanding its outreach effort to ensure that public schools throughout the United States are...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Delray Beach, Florida, police and fire pension board voted Wednesday to sue its former financial consultant if no settlement can be reached...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in the state of Washington has overturned a decision by an accidental death and dismemberment plan administrator to deny benefits...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The University of Kentucky has unveiled a domestic partner benefits program under which domestic partners and "sponsored dependents" would qualify for coverage that...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Salary.com has released the results of its annual survey on compensation for human resource professionals.

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Advisors has announced the launch of the SPDR S&P BRIC 40 ETF (exchange-traded fund), giving investors access to companies in...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) confirms the role reversal since 1979 of defined benefit and defined contribution plans as the...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With regulatory changes firmly in place, a new study has found many employers are trying to find the best way to provide their...

June 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) board has voted to ask Congress to approve the adoption of an automatic enrollment plan feature.

June 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Automatic enrollment continues to gain popularity in 401(k) plans and may soon be the norm, according to results of a survey by the...

June 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retaining employees outranked controlling costs as employers' top benefits objective on a recent survey.

June 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The pay-for-performance trend is apparently getting hotter as the number of workers whose companies have adopted such programs rose from 35% in 2006...

June 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - San Francisco-based Progress Investment Management Company plans to launch an Emerging Manager Fund of Funds tied to the 130/30 strategy market.

June 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IW Financial Inc. (IWF) has announced it offers a solution that will enable institutional investors, asset managers, and plan sponsors to satisfy the...

June 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the face of the continuing widespread industry focus on plan fees, a mutual fund industry group contends fund fees were actually at...