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January 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon Financial Corp. on Wednesday rebuffed calls from one its largest investors to split its investment management and processing businesses to help drive...

June 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers contributing to employees' health savings accounts would be allowed to step up those contributions in cases where the worker has racked up...

May 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The issue of whether retailing giant Wal-Mart systematically discriminated against New Jersey employees by not properly paying them for hours worked will now...

May 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed civil fraud charges against former executives of software maker Mercury Interactive, LLC, claiming they engaged in...

May 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed civil fraud charges against former executives of software maker Mercury Interactive, LLC, claiming they engaged in...

May 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Human resources outsourcer Ceridian Corp., under pressure from an activist hedge fund, agreed to be bought by private equity firm Thomas H. Lee...

May 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees who are satisfied with their company's commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) have positive views about their employer in several other key...

May 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The parent company of Dayton Power and Light Co., has agreed to a settlement with three former executives over claims that the trio...

May 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Principal Financial Group has come out with a program that gives fledgling businesses some of the same retirement plan tools available to large...

May 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Socially responsible mutual fund firm Calvert has launched a new fund that seeks long term capital appreciation by investing primarily in non-U.S. small-cap...

May 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance sanctioning mid-year changes to 401(k) safe harbor plans regarding new rules for Roth deferrals and hardship...

May 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Government accounting rulemakers have issued a document to put government agency accounting officials under the same disclosure requirements for pension benefits as they...

May 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The issue of whether retailing giant Wal-Mart systematically discriminated against New Jersey employees by not properly paying them for hours worked will now...

May 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service released Thursday the procedure employers must take if they want to use substitute mortality tables to compute their benefit...

May 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says its review of survey data found a majority of retiree health benefit plan...

May 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Life Investment Management's retirement plan services division has come out with a program to help employers better understand workers' retirement planning...

May 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch has announced the development of the ML Alpha Surprise Model Index.

May 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon Financial Corporation's asset servicing group and its full service broker/dealer are collaborating to provide a gift processing service for its not-for-profit trust...

May 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is publishing a proposed rule to amend the agency's regulations on premium rates and payment of premiums,...

May 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The first quarter performance for corporate, public, and foundation/endowment pension plans fell below Q4 performance, according to Mercer Investment Consulting's Summary Performance of...