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February 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Money raising got tougher for new hedge funds in 2006 after the equity market slowdown at midyear and the later meltdown of Amaranth...

February 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Robert Half International has identified five accounting and finance jobs providing the most promising career prospects, driven in part by Securities and Exchange...

February 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US workforce productivity went up in the fourth quarter by 3%, following a third quarter that showed no change and labor costs rose...

February 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New federal government guidance on dealing with an influenza pandemic offers specific protections for each of four risk zones in a workplace based...

February 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - T. Rowe Price has hired Steven Huber, formerly the chief financial officer of the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System, as a senior...

February 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension plans may need to fortify their corporate governance controls if they want to take maximum advantage of alternative investment opportunities, according to...

February 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Calvert, a provider of socially responsible mutual funds, has joined a coalition with other groups to try and propel forward a campaign to...

February 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A potentially huge gender discrimination lawsuit against retailer Wal-Mart Stores can move forward as a class action, a federal appellate court ruled Tuesday,...

February 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate governance and proxy voting service provider Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has come out with a program to help investors judge a company's...

February 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush's latest budget proposal includes an end to the tax-exempt status of employer-provided health insurance payments.

February 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI) has unveiled a Quantitative 130/30 Core Equity Strategy.

February 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 56% of employers said in a survey that their workers would rather have a more hefty salary than an excellent retirement package...

February 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Lansing, Michigan City Council has passed an ordinance banning employment discrimination based on "irrelevant characteristics," including a person's source of income and...

February 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest White House proposal for the 2008 federal budget would cut in half the government's health care contribution for new federal retirees...

June 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York State United Teachers union (NYSUT) has announced that it has reached a settlement with the New York attorney general on...

February 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher asked lawmakers Monday to consider directing $50 million into the Kentucky Employees Retirement Systems (KERS) and the Kentucky Teachers'...

February 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against two former executives at Engineered Support Systems Inc., accusing them of participating in...

June 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Managers of nuclear decommissioning trusts (NDTs) are increasingly diversifying their holdings with a 60% to 65% equity position - a far cry from...

June 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to issue a statement, possibly as early as next month, clarifying the agency's view of when...

June 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of working US adults say they want to save $1 million or more for retirement, but nearly one-third have set...