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March 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Treasury Department and IRS have proposed regulations regarding designated Roth contributions to 401(k) plans.

March 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with what he described as a "fiscal crisis" in the Garden State, Acting New Jersey Governor Richard Codey has called for a...

February 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts state regulators on Wednesday slapped A.G. Edwards & Sons with an administrative complaint charging that the firm allowed a now-suspended Boston broker...

March 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bank of America Corp. (BOA) has announced that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has tentatively concluded that it violated "anti-cutback" rules in connection...

February 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Things may finally be turning around for the hard-pressed venture capital industry, a new survey found.

March 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial advisors seem to be the catalyst - if not the cause - for increased retirement savings and less retirement anxiety, a new...

February 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Things may finally be turning around for the hard-pressed venture capital industry, a new survey found.

March 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many more US workers would enjoy a higher initial retiree benefit from the current Social Security program than from an individual account plan...

February 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A De Pere, Wisconsin plan administrator is now sporting a new name and a revamped Web site.

March 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Problems in the defined benefit pension system should prompt Congress to reconsider the entire legal underpinning of the insurance system administered by the...

February 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock option expensing would have cut 97% from Adobe Systems' fiscal 2002 profit.

February 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The $54 million settlement with 10 former WorldCom directors that included $18 million out of their own pockets collapsed Wednesday over a provision...

February 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A class action lawsuit has been brought against Morgan Stanley in connection with sales of Class B shares of its mutual funds.

March 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to an advisory opinion from the Department of Labor (DoL), insurers and other organizations that provide benefits covered by federal pension law...

March 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar Inc. has introduced Morningstar Direct, a Web-based global research platform that is meant to replace an older version of the product, Morningstar...

March 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Opposed to a defined contribution retirement plan for California public employees, the staff of the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) has tentatively...

February 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The city of San Diego's contribution to its employees' retirement fund will fall short by an estimated $59 million in 2003.

February 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has introduced a new insurance vehicle that plan sponsors can utilize to provide key employees with death benefits and...

March 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US equity funds had a good February, posting positive returns on the month after a dismal January.

January 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors who want to brush up on the finer points of securities lending could get some help from a new digest of...