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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 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has announced five new fixed income SPDRs exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that will begin trading on the American Stock...

May 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland threw out class action claims by shareholders of Janus Capital Group (JCG) who alleged...

May 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investments in the global real estate market are gaining traction as a way for investors to diversify their portfolios, a recent study commissioned...

May 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey commissioned by a Waltham, Massachusetts technology company found that while the perimeters of a corporate IT network may be secure, the...

May 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The coming of summer may mean a less productive workplace, as some employees ditch work to enjoy a day off, a recent survey...

May 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recordkeeper BenefitStreet Inc. has come out with a new system that delivers exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from Barclays Global Investors' iShares funds directly to...

May 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced plans to host a June 19 roundtable discussion about Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company...

May 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service have issued proposed rules (REG-143601-06) and mortality tables, including substitute mortality tables, for determining present value...

May 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees can't sue over workplace discrimination in their compensation if the discriminatory acts were more than 180 days before the repot of the...

May 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Transamerica Retirement Services has announced the addition of five investment choices from two fund families - Thornburg Securities and Fred Alger & Co.,...

May 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor was out in force last week, offering insights and seeking input on pending regulations and guidance.

May 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING has announced a change in its Rollover Wizard tool to help employees roll over money from their ING employer-sponsored retirement plan into...

May 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge in Virginia has rebuffed efforts by two executives and admitted fiduciaries of a 401(k) plan to apply a $39,000 plan...

May 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees are slightly less satisfied with their benefits packages and compensation than they were three years ago, according the most recent result from...

May 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 40% of small business owners say they believe Social Security will fund less than 25% of their retirement, but 58% think the...

May 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released guidance with regard to the unlawful disparate treatment of workers with caregiving responsibilities in an...

May 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers in Indiana passed legislation this month that will give some employers a tax incentive to provide health and wellness programs to their...

May 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush on Friday signed into law a bill that will provide the first boost to the minimum wage in 10 years, CNS...

May 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The former director of the nation's private-sector pension insurer is apparently going into the pension advice business.