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August 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released model 457 plan amendment documents.

August 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three former pension trustees and officers have been sentenced in federal district court in Portland, Oregon for activity associated with accepting gratuities from...

August 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small and mid-sized employers cut benefits in their health plans in 2003, holding the cost increase to 9.8% among employers with fewer than...

August 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of all workers (49%) say their employer has not communicated any special plans or procedures in case of an attack.

September 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move that is intended to reduce the amount of paper-work required for Health Savings Account (HSA) processing, Motivano is launching a...

August 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—A weak stock market sent some 401(k) participants looking for cover in July with fairly light transfer activity.

August 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average ongoing 401(k) account grew by 29.1% in 2003.

August 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee stock option grants in private companies increased from 14% to 18% of company ownership in 2004.

August 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A government watchdog group is concerned the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) "hard close" proposal to combat late-trading and market-timing abuses could do...

August 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If 401(k) plan participants don't want the task of increasing their retirement savings amount each year, the Principal Financial Group will do it...

August 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Human Resource Outsourcing (HRO) solutions provider Genesys has added three new human capital services to the firm's PeopleComeFirst product.

August 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Commerzbank AG, through its asset management arm COMINVEST, is bringing a fund of hedge funds program offering to market.

August 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—LTSave has provided an alternative for individuals not receiving advice through their retirement plan: an online retirement advice tool.

September 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California open government advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) to force the pension fund...

September 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING US has revealed that a year-long internal review of its trading practices has turned up five separate instances of abusive trading practices....

August 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York state official has put a number on the impact of recent US corporate scandals on state coffers - a whopping...

August 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - By year-end, companies will have to change their pension plan financial reporting process in an attempt to give investors a clearer view of...

July 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Indianapolis attorney hired by the governor to oversee an $800,000 audit of the Indiana Public Employees' Retirement Fund (PERF) says the review...

July 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Services Commission of Ontario has asked the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Board (OMERS) to hand over documents related to the fund's...

July 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have revealed their intention to broaden their ongoing civil suit against INVESCO Funds Group alleging the company allowed certain investors to...