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October 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index was up 6.2% in the first six months of 2006, compared to a S&P 500 return of...

March 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US tech firms continue prior practices as they keep shifting away from options-based compensation programs, a new compensation trends survey has found.

March 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although some industry analysts predict further lackluster growth in the hedge fund sector, a poll of hedge fund managers and allocators shows that...

March 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Updated research by Northern Trust shows that smaller emerging money managers frequently continue to outperform their larger and more senior colleagues in the...

October 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Progressive Asset Management (PAM) announced the launch of "Progressive Track Investments" (PTI), a suite of investment products that are both socially screened and...

March 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Increased competition is pressuring fees on exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to data from Morgan Stanley.

October 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Progressive Asset Management (PAM) announced the launch of "Progressive Track Investments" (PTI), a suite of investment products that are both socially screened and...

March 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American International Group (AIG) has terminated the employment of two top executives for failing to cooperate with a regulatory probe.

October 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments announced the availability of Fidelity Lifetime Income Solutions (FLIS), an out-of-plan annuities selection program designed to help plan sponsors provide participants...

October 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that employees designated permanently as shift supervisors would not be covered by a federal law...

October 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ABA Retirement Funds, which offers plan services for legal professionals, has added five managed retirement date funds and a Roth 401(k) option to...

March 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three Oregon pension funds have filed suit against their insurers and brokers over charges that they were encouraged to buy employee crime insurance...

October 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual of Omaha has announced it is now providing optional Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) administration services to employers who purchase its...

October 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Michigan employers who want to give rewards to workers for their healthy behavior like stopping smoking and losing weight can now do so...

October 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey of human resource managers finds that telecommuting is common in the workplace and is likely to increase in use.

March 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A net 6% of chief financial officers (CFOs) are predicting to hire more workers in the second quarter, driven by business growth and...

October 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Women, the less educated and lower-paid employees are the least likely to be asked to advise their supervisor on a work problem, according...

October 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has obtained settlement agreements from Circle Trust Company (CTC) of Darien, Connecticut, and other corporate and individual defendants,...

October 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors' affinity for mutual funds gained steam in August, with stock and bond funds showing $12 billion in net inflows - an impressive...

October 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court denied a petition to hear a case in which the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled that...