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September 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An alternative investments trade group is pushing the notion that new US hedge fund registration rules not apply to advisors already regulated in...

September 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has dismissed a case against International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) that accused the company of breaching its fiduciary duties in...

September 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pacific Life Insurance Co. has launched the Pacific Life Individual(k) Program, a 401(k) for self-employed business owners and their spouses.

September 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dow Jones Indexes will expand its indices offered by Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes.

September 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MetLife Retirement & Savings has announced the creation of 'longevity insurance', a fixed deferred income annuity that will protect against retirees outliving their...

September 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In anticipation of new regulations regarding market timing following last year's mutual fund trading scandal, DST Retirement Solutions is now offering an enhanced...

September 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer costs for employee compensation in June averaged $24.96 per hour, with 70.9% of that being attributed to salary, according to the latest...

September 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two out of three American adults (67%) believe health-care coverage should be a guarantee as in Canada, Britain and other nations and more...

September 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The latest Hewitt Associates revisions of health maintenance organization (HMO) rate increases for 2005 show those rate hikes are still projected to decrease from...

September 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small and midsize employers anticipate maintaining or expanding their benefits offerings in the next two years, according to a new survey.

September 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a new survey by Mellon Human Resources & Investor Solution, costs for the latter half of 2004 for medical care costs are...

September 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The continuing battle over new federal overtime rules remains a red hot issue as a US Senate committee defied the White House by...

September 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that even when there is no obvious financial conflict of interest, a "moderately heightened"...

September 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has awarded participants in an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) $7.75 million in damages after finding that the plan's trustee...

September 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite an embarrassing loss in the House in their attempt to block an amendment that would bar the Department of Labor (DoL) from...

September 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Center for Policy Alternatives (NCPA) and the Brookings Institute will today present a reform plan for retirement savings accounts today on...

September 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report is estimating that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will run out of funds by 2020 if current financial conditions...

September 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey by the Society for Human Resource Management and BNA, Inc., reports that there is a high correlation between executives who...

September 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation says it will guarantee the basic pension benefits of airline workers from US Airways and United Air Lines...

September 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have sued a Green Bay, Wisconsin trucking firm over allegations it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act in firing an employee...