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March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A CPA trade group has formed a new quality control center for accounting firms auditing employee benefit plans.

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The trade group representing Canada's CDN$450 billion dollar mutual fund industry is considering recommending a 2% charge on investors making rapid trades in...

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reached a settlement with Bank of America Corp's securities arm in an alleged obstruction of...

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dennis Leone has thrown his hat into the political arena, announcing plans to run for a seat on the Ohio State Teachers Retirement...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There is a good reason why many companies are slashing their stock option programs: they're running out of shares to include in grants,...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The fourth quarter of 2003 was kind to pension plans and other institutional investors with high single-digit returns.

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—As part of a restructuring of the firm, Stephen Nesbitt resigned as head of the consulting division at Wilshire Associates, Inc last week, after serving...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 50% of those putting assets into alternative investing plan to increase allocations to Long/Short Equity hedge fund managers in 2004 while...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Ninety percent of chief investment officers (CIOs) are optimistic about increased growth for assets under management (AUM) during 2004, according to a survey by Barra,...

January 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's Pension Welfare Benefit Administration (PWBA) has announced increases in three civil monetary penalties (CMP) for ERISA noncompliance.

January 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Supreme Court justices have turned down a request for them to decide whether ERISA cases favor awarding lawyer fees to prevailing parties.

January 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has located nearly 15,000 workers who were owed more than $61 million in pension benefits since launching...

January 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sen. Edward Kennedy is calling for mandatory employer-provided health insurance at all but the smallest US companies.

January 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund executives will now be held to some of the same type disclosure standards as publicly-traded firms, according to the Securities and...

October 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Allegations that FedEx allowed a male employee to verbally and physically harass other male workers has drawn a government discrimination lawsuit against the...

January 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of plans at AIG VALIC can now offer participants access to independent investment advice and third-party portfolio management.

October 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Indianapolis job-search firm violated federal discrimination laws by refusing to place employment candidates because of their age, a government lawsuit charged.

January 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rydex Capital Partners has announced an agreement with Standard & Poor's (S&P) and PlusFunds Group Inc to introduce an investment product based on...

October 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Maine's Penobscot Indian Nation will be a wholesale distributor of reimported lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada under a new plan being advanced by...

January 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has asked the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for permission to add the iShares FTSE/Xinhua Hong Kong China...