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May 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lydall Inc. has announced it will freeze its defined benefit pension plans and enhance its 401(k) plan.

May 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Gallup's annual poll on personal finances reveals that 60% of Americans are very or moderately worried they will not have enough money for...

May 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey has found that women who own their own companies are willing to consider accumulation strategies that are fairly involved and...

May 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd Circuit US Court of Appeals vacated a district court's judgment that a trustee failed to satisfy its fiduciary obligation to make...

January 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Managing tangible assets is one thing, but half of senior executives responding to a new poll say corporate officers shouldn't forget the importance...

January 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's assertion that mutual funds charge more for portfolio advisory fees than pension funds is "a misinterpretation of...

May 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Central District of California has rejected a motion by Universal Pictures to dismiss a race discrimination case...

January 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York state regulators on Thursday announced a settlement with Universal Life Resources covering fraud and contingent commission charges in its insurance brokerage...

May 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets of the Association for Financial Professionals (CIEBA of AFP) has released a new primer: Defined...

May 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Largely because of employer underreporting, a new study found that government data on US workplace sickness and the number of hurt workers may...

May 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey from American Independence Corp found that 88% of college students are concerned about the lack of health insurance coverage between graduation...

April 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of women and some minority groups as finance industry managers is lagging behind, according to a new report by the US...

April 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New Jersey has cleared a networking company of wrongdoing in how officials handled the company stock shares in its...

April 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pensions Regulator in the UK has published its medium term strategy report setting out its strategic priorities for the next three years.

April 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Keller Manufacturing Company, a now-defunct Louisville, Kentucky furniture maker, announced Friday that it has formally requested that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation...

April 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The cost of employee benefits in 2004 reached 40.2% of payroll expenses, reflecting a trend of substantial growth in recent years, according to...

April 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.6% in the December to March period - a slower rate than the period before -...

April 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has assumed responsibility for the pensions of nearly 4,000 employees and retirees of Aloha Airlines Inc.

April 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In light of a 401(k) plan provision that automatically withdrew beneficiary designations upon a participant's remarriage, the participant's parents, not his ex-wife, should...

April 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Net fund flows into US mutual funds continued to lose ground in March with a $28.3-billion influx - down significantly from February's $43.3-billion...