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January 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock funds once again benefited from strong cash inflows, but only thanks to the continued allure of international offerings.

January 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The assets in Section 529 college savings plans climbed by 4.9% to $97.4 billion during the third quarter of 2006, up from $92.9...

January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors looking for the next hit mutual fund would be better off studying funds that previously finished back in the pack in market...

January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Chicago-based food trade group has been cleared of allegations it violated federal law by firing its vice president of sales after finding...

January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study suggests that lighter-skinned workers make more money, regardless of race.

January 29 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department is questioning whether some qualified defined benefit plans include non-traditional benefits that are not subject to...

January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A West Virginia circuit court judge has ruled that merging the state's two teacher pension plans is unconstitutional, handing a legal victory to...

January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The looming retirements of Baby Boomers could launch a new generation of entrepreneurship, motivated by diminished job security, disappearing pensions, and retirement savings...

January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of large defined contribution plan sponsors said in a recent survey that they would have to choose a different default investment...

January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Virginia-based marketing company for the home furnishing sector announced Monday that it would shut down its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and...

January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are asking for public comment on how the agencies should regulate the inclusion of certain...

January 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of employed wage and salary workers who were union members dropped 326,000 to 12% in 2006 - its lowest level in...

January 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) allowing a participant's common-law wife a portion of his pension is valid under state law, it...

January 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Illinois Teachers' Retirement System plans to throw some of its assets into hedge funds as part of its investment strategy shuffle meant...

January 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the Super Bowl only a week away, the folks at Challenger, Gray & Christmas have once again attempted to quantify the impact...

January 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The European Court of Justice called the protection the UK gives to pensioners whose companies go bust "inadequate," and said that it should...

January 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you have a tendency to put things off - fear not.

January 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New Jersey Senate passed a measure Thursday that will require newly elected officials to participate in a defined contribution plan and will...

January 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies are increasingly investing in and moving operations to emerging markets as a way to increase their revenues and drive down costs, according...

January 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northwest Airlines and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) have hammered out a deal to settle overdue insurance premiums the airline owed to...