Latest News

August 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) figures have yet to be released, Mercer Human Resources Consulting has issued estimates for qualified retirement plans...

August 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With hiring on the rebound after a number of lackluster years, a new survey by Development Dimensions International (DDI) sheds lights on common...

August 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aon Human Resource Outsourcing, a division of Aon Consulting Inc., and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) announced today that they are joining forces in...

August 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds posted an average 0.65% loss in July.

August 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, sidestepping federal regulator's objections, has followed through on previous assertions that he would allow the importation of prescription drugs...

August 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Both the US House of Representatives and the Senate have passed legislation that would impact the taxation of nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements.

August 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have charged that the Omni Hotels Corp. illegally fired a Dallas-area hotel manager because he was Arabic and Muslim and for...

August 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Get out your red pen. Circle next Monday, August 23. Now in big block letters write FLSA AMENDMENTS TAKE EFFECT.

August 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the battle between federal officials and United Airlines and its parent company over whether the air carrier will make its required pension...

August 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citing the need for employees to be much more active in selecting their benefits in the upcoming year, Hewitt Associates has upgraded its...

August 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Deloitte & Touche LLP has released a tool to assist plan sponsors with Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 filing requirements.

August 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—ING Employee Benefits upgraded its online services for employer groups hoping to help those managing an employee benefits plan increase their efficiency, flexibility and ease...

August 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has been tapped to become the sole administrator for the University of California's $9.5 billion retirement plans.

August 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After testing the use of closing prices from the American Stock Exchange for 12 NASDAQ-listed stocks in the S&P 500, Standard and Poor's...

August 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has released a new fiduciary guide to assist plan sponsors and advisors understand the complex rules governing qualified retirement...

August 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The trick in dealing with questions raised over the use of soft dollar payments for investment research is to help institutional investors more...

August 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Regence Group and Wells Fargo Institutional Trust Services (ITS) are collaborating to offer health savings account (HSA) qualified plans beginning October 1,...

August 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recruitmax, a provider of workplace HR systems, has acquired KnowledgePoint from CCH Incorporated.

August 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health plan provider Gevity is broadening the range of offerings the company is putting into the market.

August 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors do not have an obligation to send an individualized notice of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Action (COBRA) rights to a former...