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July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent study shows socially responsible investments (SRI) do not necessarily translate into lower returns for public pension funds and may improve the...

July 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York investment advisor who is trustee for a number of trust fund clients has filed a federal court lawsuit against Maytag,...

June 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many Baby Boomers responding to a recent survey were uncertain about how big of a retirement nest egg they will need and where...

July 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that the federal government has to pay General Motors as much as $253 million for one of its...

June 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study by two Syracuse University researchers has found a significant link between the size of an employer retirement plan match and...

June 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US domestic equity funds may have been in the dumps during March and April, but they apparently enjoyed a significant pick-me-up in May,...

June 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About 40 employees of Bank One's equity management group are expected to be affected by the company's decision to relocate much of the...

June 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A prominent proxy advisor has bucked pressure from the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and reiterated its backing of the Anthem Inc....

June 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former Merrill Lynch lawyer in London who recently settled sex discrimination claims with the company is now challenging a reference Merrill provided...

June 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The S&P Hedge Fund Index was up 0.29% for the month of May, Standard and Poor's reported in a news release.

June 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors Corp. (GM) has announced its opposition to increased notification regulations currently in the works for corporate pension plans.

June 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's (S&P) has announced plans to develop a new methodology of evaluating mutual funds in the United States.

June 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Demanding the resignation of embattled Ohio State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) executive director Herbert Dyer will come at a price - and not...

June 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—By issuing a margin call that forced a customer to liquidate investments in various fund accounts, Refco Capital Markets, Ltd. and Refco Securities, Inc. breached...

June 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A top federal regulator told a recent conference that the US Department of Labor (DoL) is considering creating a safe harbor provision in...

June 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal watchdog agency has recommended wholesale changes to the annual Form 5500 that will enable regulators to better track and respond to...

June 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has settled a four-year-old lawsuit with a Kansas-based restaurant chain over allegations of improperly granting stock...

June 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey by a Cuppertino, California e-mail security firm found that more than six in 10 large companies either have assigned or plan...

June 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The UK government has proposed regulations that would force employers to consult their workers before changing their pension plans.

June 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey has found that employee stock ownership is widespread in the U.S.