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February 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A large percentage of retail customers of HSBC Brokerage in 2002 and 2003 held portfolios concentrated with fixed annuities because the majority of...

February 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit has been filed against Countrywide Financial Corp. over allegations that the company diluted the value of investor stock options related to...

January 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With an accounting shift to a mark to market approach on the horizon, defined benefit traditional pension plan sponsors should adopt a program...

January 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) Investment Board is looking across the pond for investments in infrastructure, citing lack of opportunities in Canada.

January 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federated Investors has announced that two of its executives may be charged by the SEC over allegations of mutual fund trading rules violations.

January 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has a deal for companies willing to play guinea pig in a test run of a...

January 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ING Financial Planning and Investing Study found that 73% of consumers would switch to a financial services firm with a reputation for...

January 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wall Street bonuses will set a new record of $21.5 billion in 2005, surpassing the previous record of $19.5 billion set in 2000...

December 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly one-quarter of health care plan sponsors automatically enroll eligible employees in defined contribution plans, 9% offer automatic deferral rate increases, and 32%...

December 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawsuits have been filed against eight major pharmaceutical companies charging them with failure to pay overtime wages to pharmaceutical representatives in violation of...

December 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As federal regulators continue filling in the detailed framework for the Pension Protection Act's (PPA) provisions, they are now asking for public comment...

December 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) has sided with a teachers' union in asserting that benefits under a stand-alone, self-insured group dental plan...

December 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) announced it is suing the Iowa Association of Business and Industry over a stock windfall that the organization...

November 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Illinois Governor George Ryan won one and lost one on Thursday, as a federal appellate court allowed him to remain free on...

November 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Bank Institutional Trust & Custody has agreed to sell its bundled 401(k) plan business to Great-West Retirement Services, but is keeping its...

November 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The saying "truth is stranger than fiction" has definitely applied in the workplace this year with examples including an employer who used spanking...

November 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A worker who was fired after he tested positive for nicotine is suing lawn care firm The Scotts Co.

November 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many Americans may be leaving their retirement savings program on auto pilot, but a majority responding to a recent survey was certain of...

November 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has announced that a model notice, which may be used by employee benefit plans electing to be treated...

November 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) urges Congress to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to require more comprehensive...