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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...

June 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama has found that participants of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) did not...

June 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trustees for the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System have voted against investing in companies that do business in Sudan due to the accused genocide...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will hold a public hearing on July 31 to assess the feasibility of...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a closely watched case that could settle a key area of pension law affecting 401(k) plans, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that a nurse sent home for insubordination due to her rebuttal to a poor...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study indicates the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) corporate reform law has slowed risk-taking, finding many companies seek to conserve cash instead of developing new...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a Washington state law mandating that public employee unions get a non-member worker's approval before using...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citi Markets & Banking has announced it has hired Ari Jacobs as a Managing Director and Head of the Retirement Benefits Advisory Group...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though a new report by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) indicates a drop in the number of federal employees telecommuting...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California-based Workstream, an HR consultant, has unveiled three HR products targeted for mid-size businesses.

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ExpertPlan, a provider of private-label recordkeeping solutions primarily to the micro and small plan retirement market, has entered the mid- and large-size plan...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Projections of health care cost trends for 2008, reported by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), indicate a return to single digit increases for employers.

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Kansas third party recordkeeping and administration company has unveiled a series of upgrades to its plan sponsor, participant and financial adviser Internet...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly one-third of American adults describe themselves as apprehensive, panicked, or clueless about their retirement, according to results of a survey conducted on...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) --The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced Tuesday that it has assumed responsibility for the pensions of more than 500 former employees of Specialty...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) --The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced Tuesday that it has assumed responsibility for the pensions of more than 500 former employees of Specialty...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) participants traded very modestly in May, with daily average net transfer activity at only 0.03% of balances and no days of above-normal...

June 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study from Greenwich Associates has found direct investments by endowments, foundations, corporate pension funds and public pensions together represent 25% of...

June 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates has tapped four executives for management positions in its consulting business.