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March 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The good news is that state and county workers in Hawaii can join a new pension program that could add hundreds of dollars...

March 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislative fervor sweeping many parts of the country over the extent to which large companies are allegedly shirking their duties to provide sufficient...

March 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total non-farm payroll employment grew by 243,000 in February, according to data from the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

March 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A year ago, Dr. James Levine, a Mayo Clinic obesity researcher in Rochester, Minnesota, rigged his desk so he could stand and walk...

March 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that women who took pregnancy leave prior to the effective date of the Pregnancy...

March 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For those who harbor any doubts about whether participants will ever jump on the online advice bandwagon en masse, a new study said...

March 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued the restaurant chain Hooters on behalf of a Rochester, New York-area waitress who claimed...

September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Commission to Strengthen and Secure the Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA) in Colorado has presented its final report of major reform recommendations...

March 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - OppenheimerFunds, Inc. has announced enhancements to its Pinnacle full-service 401(k) program designed for those who prefer to delegate their financial planning to a...

March 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Services division of American United Life Insurance Company (AUL) has announced the addition of ProNvest managed accounts to its retirement planning...

March 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has launched an enhanced stable value fund.

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UK pension fund investment managers pulled 20 billion pounds ($36 billion) out of stocks between 2002 and 2004 and poured the assets into...

September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight former executives of Marsh Inc. have been indicted by a New York state grand jury on charges they were part of a...

September 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move that further signals a shift away from cottage industry and into the mainstream for hedge funds, JP Morgan Chase &...

September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is issuing additional guidance on the definition of grant date when awarding employee stock options.

September 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Complaining of restrictions placed on 'short-trading' in their 401(k) and 457 plans, a group of 325 state, county and city employees in Utah...

September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Research from Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Iowa suggests that emotions get in the way of making prudent financial...

September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have censured OppenheimerFunds Inc., mutual fund unit of MassMutual Financial Group, and agreed to change the way it pays brokers.

September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Joseph Cari, an attorney for the Illinois Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) and former finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee pleaded guilty to...

September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A day after two major US airlines turned to US Bankruptcy Court for protection from their creditors, the head of the nation's private-sector...