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May 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong Financial Corp. and state and federal regulators are close to reaching a settlement of charges related to market timing mutual fund transactions...

May 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An insurance industry trade group announced that the number of Americans getting health coverage through high deductible plans offered along with health savings...

May 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Regulators on Thursday charged Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., with failing to cooperate in an NASD investigation, failing to retain business-related electronic mail, and...

May 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The growth in hourly compensation slowed a bit during the first quarter of 2005 over the previous quarter, the government announced.

May 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Texas federal judge has turned away a worker's allegations that a telecommunications company illegally interfered with his right to benefits when it...

May 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Department of Labor (DoL) official has issued a stern warning against plan sponsors using plan assets to lobby for or against...

May 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MyFinancialAdvice, Inc. and Decimal, Inc. have joined together to allow retirement plan sponsors to offer one-on-one financial advice to employees who participate in...

April 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following a recent trend of pension assets flowing into alternative investments, the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (PRIM) has earmarked $278 million...

May 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former IBM engineer at the computer giant's Rochester, Minnesota office won a second chance to press age discrimination claims relating to his...

May 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ruling on an issue for the first time among federal courts in the Northwest US, an Alaska federal magistrate has recommended that a...

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May 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A San Francisco-based socially responsible investing (SRI) firm has kicked off a new mutual fund designed to invest in companies with positive personnel...

May 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A government watchdog agency has turned aside accusations from eight Democratic US senators, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, that the Social Security Administration is...

March 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A big chuck of a money manager's total compensation is found in their annual bonuses, a figure that is surprisingly detached from the...

March 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nations Funds Board of Directors, called out in Monday's settlement reached between regulators and the fund group's parent, Bank of America Corp, are...

March 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United Kingdom is wrapping defined benefit and defined contribution plan tax schemes in the country into a single package.

May 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Executive recruiters say lack of preparation is the most common succession planning mistake that organizations make, according to a new survey.

March 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - City Manager Michael Uberuaga has resigned amid investigations into possible financial skullduggery at San Diego city hall.

May 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than four in 10 global executives recently polled have no plans to turn in their keys to the C-suite when they hit...

May 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits accruals in the $2.5 billion defined benefit plan for Sears Roebuck & Co. will be cut off as of January 1, 2006...