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February 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a $225 million settlement of federal improper fund trading charges earlier this month, MFS Investment Management lost another piece of business with...

February 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The decision that stock options gains in Japan should be treated as salary income - not occasional income - could send plan sponsors...

February 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management has agreed to acquire Pacholder Associates, Inc., a Cincinnati, Ohio-based high yield investment advisory firm.

August 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicates that 7.4% of the employed (more than 10.3 million) are working as...

February 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AMVESCAP is working with federal and state regulators to resolve potential abusive problems at its AIM Investments and INVESCO Funds Group.

February 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CFA Centre for Financial Market Integrity on Tuesday released the latest version of its Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS), which create a...

February 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected in the next week to charge two former FleetBoston Financial employees, settle with three others,...

August 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Ways and Means Committee is said to be considering a plan by tax lobbyist Richard Grafmeyer that would encourage individual savings...

August 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The annual WorldatWork Salary Budget Survey reports an actual average salary budget increase of 3.7% in 2005, meeting projections of last year's survey.

August 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though eight in 10 defined contribution plan sponsors currently feature a fixed-dollar mutual fund as their retirement plan default investment option, a...

August 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TPAs and recordkeepers who have client assets with Fiserv Investment Support Services (Fiserv ISS) can now make use of investment management services from...

August 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A provision in a transportation bill passed by the US House and Senate prior to their August recess would extend federal employee tax-free...

August 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Department of Labor (DoL) regulation prevents employees from voluntarily waiving their rights under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)...

August 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Raytheon Co. has announced that it has expanded its equal employment opportunity policy to include transgender and transsexual employees.

January 20, 2004 (PLANSPSONSOR.com) - Looking to find a diamond in the mutual fund rough, Morningstar has pulled the cover back on its 8th annual "Unloved Funds" report.

January 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The mutual fund scandal has touched nearly half (47%) the 401(k) plans of the land, and nearly three-quarters of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs)...

July 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Professional Employer Organization SCI Companies has chosen CIGNA HealthCare as it health benefits plan provider.

July 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Humana Inc. will now offer its HumanaOne HSA product to all commercial groups.

July 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Illinois state law mandates that employers in the state give workers an hour of paid leave every 56 days so the...

July 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A British study by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Tomorrow Project shows that almost five million workers already spend some...