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December 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre has asked a California judge to rethink his order severely constricting Aguirre's ability to recover improperly granted...

December 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research from Watson Wyatt shows the combined retirement fund shortfall of firms in the FTSE 100 fell to £39.9 billion at the...

December 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Combined assets of the nation's mutual funds increased by $265.3 billion, or 2.6%, to $10.281 trillion in November, according to the Investment Company...

December 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Research by The Hackett Group found offshoring of back-office functions could generate $58 billion in annual savings for Fortune 500 companies - $15.6...

December 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Echoing the findings of other similar polls, a new survey from Edward Jones found that nearly one-third of Americans are most concerned about...

December 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have turned to the public for comment on how to formulate guidance on "phased retirement" in-service plan distributions as provided for...

December 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that a worker does not have to be employed for 12 continuous months to be eligible for...

December 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group is opening a new office in Pennsylvania that will serve as the hub for its wellness operation on the...

December 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ten private equity firms have teamed up to educate policymakers in Washington, DC about their business.

December 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Walt Disney Company, the site of a bruising 2004 battle over corporate leadership, will amend its bylaws to provide that directors running...

December 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has kicked off a formal investigation into the stock options practices of managed care company UnitedHealth Group...

December 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two federal judges have approved an estimated $2.45 billion securities fraud settlement between Nortel Networks Corp. and its shareholders, with one judge calling...

December 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New York, who declared that Citigroup's cash balance plan was age discriminatory, has now given the go-ahead for the...

December 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A ruling by a circuit court judge in Kentucky said that the city of Lexington underfunded its police and firefighters' pension fund, which...

December 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest employment survey by online job Web site CareerBuilder.com reflects a bright picture for 2007 with almost 10% of companies planning to...

December 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stephen Tame, a former employee at Professional Cycle Marketing, of Essex, UK, has won £3.1 million (about $5.89 million) in workman's compensation for...

December 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary findings of the SmartPros Salary Survey show women who are certified public accountants (CPAs) have an average 2006 salary of $77,863, while...

December 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Alaska Supreme Court has thrown out a lower court ruling ordering clarifications for administrative rules on benefits for same-sex partners of state...

December 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Texas legislator has pre-filed a bill for the upcoming session of the state legislature restricting employers' rights to ban firearms from workplace...

December 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission late Friday announced new rules governing how executive stock options are to be calculated in proxy reports that...