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March 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has unveiled a prototype of a new retirement planning tool for federal employees.

March 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of those in a recent poll reported that they worried about having enough money on which they could retire.

March 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Bar Retirement Association and the ABA (American Bar Association) Members' Retirement Program have now become ABA Retirement Funds.

February 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors that want to get the full picture on mutual fund expenses should examine a composite of the total expense ratio and the...

February 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Hawaii's largest pension fund turned in a 13.1% performance during 2004 including a strong 8.9% in the last quarter -...

February 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's insurance industry bid-rigging probe has generated three more guilty pleas from industry executives in connection with charges...

March 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Domestic stock funds fell 0.46% on average in February, compared to a 4.76% gain in January, according to Standard & Poor's (S&P).

February 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal lawsuit has been filed accusing Dreyfus Corp. of misappropriating mutual fund marketing fees to cover costs such as broker incentives.

March 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has announced the launch of index strategies that will help US public pension plans comply with recent state legislation...

March 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Christine Quinn, new speaker of the New York City Council, on Wednesday led her colleagues in overriding a Mayor Michael Bloomberg veto of...

February 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Orlando, Florida— The revenue sharing that goes on between fund companies and brokers will be targeted by reform and will result in less soft dollars...

March 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New Jersey Senate has passed legislation that would annually single out employers that have 50 or more employees or worker dependents enrolled...

February 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PIMCO Advisors Fund Management (PIMCO) has revealed that US regulators notified the company they were recommending action seeking return of ill-gotten profits and...

January 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - By the count of four-to-one, defined contribution plan participants would prefer to convert all or some of plan assets into a stream of...

March 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors with plans at Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank Institutional Trust & Custody now have the option of adding a Roth 401(k) to their...

March 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has unveiled enhancements to its Fidelity, Advisor and VIP Freedom Fund portfolios.

March 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nineteen percent of workers recently surveyed by CareerBuilder.com admitted they tell lies at the office at least once per week.

January 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon Financial Corporation has completed a corporate reorganization that involved a merger between its Dreyfus Mutual Fund unit and its Institutional Asset Management...

January 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged six former executives at Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company (PFTC) with defrauding a retirement plan...

January 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 2003 wasn't kind to the accounting profession's biggest players.