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May 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-The probability that a worker can get employment-based health coverage increases, sometimes significantly, if that worker is a union member, according to a new study...

September 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong Capital Management on Friday confirmed that a hedge fund engaged in market-timing trades with its funds, but said it doesn't believe the...

May 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—A US District Judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a man who claims that, upon his return from a three-month Family and Medical...

September 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - GMAC Institutional Advisors LLC has acquired certain debt advisory units of Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, Inc.

May 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal jury in Denver awarded more than $8 million in a case brought by a 36-year-old blind man after finding EchoStar Communications...

May 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Alaska state House approved a contentious retirement overhaul bill Friday - but in the process may have undermined its chances of passage...

May 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The California Labor Federation is asking the state Supreme Court to toss a formula that critics say sharply cuts permanent disability awards by 50%...

May 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A deaf worker at the Albertsons Distribution Center in Fort Worth, Texas has filed a lawsuit claiming he was the victim of harassment...

August 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The University of California's (UC) battle to keep its venture capital investment data behind closed doors was handed a defeat by a California...

August 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING US Financial Services is expected to disclose in a SEC filing later today that it will drop Janus's Aspen funds from ING...

August 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There are lots of smiles at the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) these days as the state public pension plan finished its most recent...

August 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stuart Levine, a former trustee of the Illinois Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) has been charged with soliciting kickbacks and payments from investment firms...

August 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal securities regulators are scheduled Wednesday to vote on rules that would curb fund companies from steering stock trades to brokerage firms that...

August 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal securities regulators have asked for public comment about how to improve the current regulatory system for smaller companies, and how those firms...

August 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CIGNA has agreed to settle a lawsuit over the role of company stock in its K plan, the insurer said this week.

August 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bruce Herring, San Diego Deputy City Manager, has announced his retirement effective September 2, saying he is disappointed that the City Council will...

August 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Maryland pension trustee Debra Humphries is expected to plead guilty on charges that she accepted gifts in return for investment back-scratching while...

July 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of retirees rolling over their lump-sum pension payouts or leaving their assets in a qualified plan raises concerns about the retirees'...

July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Illinois lawmakers followed the rules when they passed legislation slashing state contributions to government pension plans, at least in the opinion of state...

July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One hundred percent of journalists recently surveyed by Walek & Associates think hedge fund managers are smarter about the markets than mutual fund...