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August 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The prolonged bear market continues to take its toll on the nation's asset management industry, as total asset levels declined 6.5% in 2002.

July 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund research firm Strategic Insight has released the newest version of its mutual fund monitoring Web site.

August 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of US companies are seeking new board of director members with specific expertise and realigning the membership of board committees,...

July 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A long line of cash balance pension plan supporters is testifying before the US House of Representatives Education and Workforce Committee about the...

July 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee has staked its claim to joint jurisdiction over a bill in Congress to limit...

July 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Health Savings Account (HSA) alone may not be enough to cover the expected costs of health care in retirement.

July 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The giant California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has tapped Leon Shahinian as senior investment officer for its Alternative Investment Management (AIM) program.

July 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sending out at least some HR functions for outsourcing allows HR officials to better focus on important corporate strategic functions.

July 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eighteen global international institutional investors have sent a letter to the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) urging for the implementation of mandatory...

July 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - T. Rowe Price, Capital Research & Management and Fidelity have joined Putnam Investments as confirmed recipients of a request for information from the...

July 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A key figure in the scandalous collapse of WorldCom Inc., and a group of other company officials have hammered out a $51-million settlement...

July 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - NASDAQ market-maker Knight Trading Group Inc has reached an agreement with regulators related to improper trading activity.

July 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt has weighed into the fray over excessive executive compensation packages with a suggestion that a...

July 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The high technology industry is reducing it use of broad-based stock options as mandatory stock option expensing looms on the horizon.

July 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - First American Funds is adding a retirement (R) share class to its fund family.

July 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wells Fargo has inked an agreement to buy an investment advisory firm in the Silicon Valley - one that is expected to strengthen...

July 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors have a new dental insurance plan to chew on.

July 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of the industry's leading transition management consultants is said to be in the middle of acquisition talks.

July 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bank of New York (BoNY) has launched a series of improvements for its INFORM Web site for institutional and corporate clients.

July 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Franklin Templeton Investments announced that it had merged its Strategic Alliances and Defined Contribution Services areas to form the Retirement Division of Franklin...