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June 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—A group of five state treasurers met Tuesday with officials to discuss implementing comprehensive disclosure principles for Section 529 college savings plans, a news release...

June 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The parent of scandal plagued Putnam Investments has folded the company's defined contribution administration business into its Mercer HR Outsourcing unit.

June 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As part of its call for sweeping changes to certain US accounting and reporting rules, the staff at the US Securities and Exchange...

June 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Since October 2003, 20 companies have frozen their DB plans, but in an analysis issued this month, Merrill Lynch advised companies to wait...

June 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Higher interest rates should help improve the overall US pension funding picture, the former chief of the nation's private-sector pension insurer said.

June 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Employee Stock Option Coalition (IESOC) has called the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) recent mandate to record all stock option grants...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed with a disability plan participant that the law did not provide the plan administrator...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AIG VALIC, provider of retirement plans and investments to primary and secondary educational institutions, has launched a living-benefits option for its Variable Annuity...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee awarded an employee more than $100,000 after his employer defaulted on promises to...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State of Colorado lawmakers announced Friday they and Governor Bill Owens have hammered out an accord to fix the state's ailing public employee...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors are reluctant to get too involved in a Total Retirement Outsourcing (TRO) contract where they bundle their defined benefit and defined...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey's retirement fund for teachers stands nearly 31% underfunded, with $29.6 billion in funds at the end of last fiscal year, according...

May 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oppenheimer & Co. said current and former workers face potential action from federal and state regulators regarding their involvement in abusive mutual fund...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State of Colorado lawmakers announced Friday they and Governor Bill Owens have hammered out an accord to fix the state's ailing public employee...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Birmingham, Alabama-based Compass Bank has agreed to pay almost 2,961 workers more than $1 million in back overtime pay.

May 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three veteran San Diego officials involved in that city's ongoing pension scandal stepped down from their positions this week.

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study from the CoverTheUninsured campaign found that more employees are not picking employer-sponsored health insurance due to costs.

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The assets of all Section 529 plan programs, which are meant to help pay for higher education, climbed 6.8% to $82.6 billion in...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Before submitting a determination letter application to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), plan sponsors can access forms and documents used by Employee Plans...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A joint venture by New York Common Retirement Fund (CRF) and other investors to make combined equity investments in the Empire State has...