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February 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - First Mercantile has announced the release of a Web-based user guide to help its TPA partners manage their retirement plans on the First...

February 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare has rejected Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation's (NTT) request to cut the defined benefit pension plan...

December 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) was dismissed as a defendant in three lawsuits accusing it and seven trading firms of fraud.

December 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Montana lawmakers were told in a Legislative Audit Committee hearing that they could face a lawsuit if they do not fix the public...

November 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest estimate from Invesmart about the "reasonable" standard for the annual fees paid by a plan participant with an equity portfolio has...

November 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Separately managed accounts (SMAs) are already the focus of many advisors' practices and seem poised for significant growth, even though few investors are...

October 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A day after its beleaguered chief executive stepped down, Marsh & McLennan Companies announced a series of compliance reforms for Marsh Inc., its...

February 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of discrimination charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) declined by 5% in 2005.

February 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of executive benefit plans with The Newport Group can now offer participants the ability to download their account information to Quicken, a...

February 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Swiss financial services giant UBS AG has agreed to pay as much as $89 million to settle several class action lawsuits in US...

February 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aviva Life Insurance Company has announced its entrance into the 457(b) governmental plan market, offering three flexible premium deferred annuities.

October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The most often-cited measure of the nation's savings performance is a statistically flawed economic barometer that may end up causing an undercounting of...

February 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey from DirectEmployers Association, operator of Jobcentral.com, shows that the internet is now the primary hiring source for employers.

February 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two white papers released by Buck Consultants explain how a Population Health Management program can help employers reduce health care costs.

October 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments seems to be playing a bit of musical chairs in its fixed-income department.

October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mohammed El-Erian, a managing director of Pacific Investment Management Co. (Pimco) has been tapped to succeed Jack Meyer as president of Harvard Management...

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to The National Association of State Retirement Administrator's Public Fund Survey, "…substantially all of underfunded public pension plans are able to meet...

February 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual funds around the globe had a bang-up third quarter last year with a super robust 52% increase in asset inflows compared to...

February 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BISYS Retirement Services announced that it has been tapped by M&T Bank to provide recordkeeping and administration services for one of its retirement...

February 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed that a male employee who complained of a 'sexually intimidating environment' did not prove...