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May 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) may provide different accounting treatment for small and large companies expensing stock options.

May 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Lifeco will severe its ties with Putnam Investments.

May 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed civil fraud against PIMCO Advisors Fund Management LLC, affiliates and officers in federal court today.

April 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UK-based Friends Ivory & Sime (FIS) bought the asset management arm of embattled insurer Royal & Sun Alliance (RSA) in a deal that...

April 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 64% of the UK's large pension funds are now in deficit, a new survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting finds.

April 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (MSCI) and Barra, Inc. announced today the signing of a definitive merger agreement.

June 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cursing at co-workers, posting erotic pictures on a work computer and other abusive and bizarre behaviors are adequate reasons for firing an employee...

April 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly has asked a US bankruptcy judge to make sure that whoever buys Polaroid Corp. maintains the company's retiree...

June 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Retirement Services has launched a new managed account and savings solution to help participants make better retirement plan decisions and save more...

April 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A shareholder proposal that would have excluded IBM's overfunded pension plan when figuring executive bonuses fell short at the computer maker's annual meeting.

June 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Domestic employment market watchers got lots to smile about Friday when the government announced that the job creation machine was in high gear...

April 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Xerox Corp. has nominated an outsider to its board of directors less than three weeks after the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)...

June 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Led by mid-cap funds, domestic equity mutual funds put up a 1.4% return in May.

June 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the continued strong interest in hedge funds in the institutional marketplace, one consulting firm has advice for those eyeing the hedge fund...

June 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The stepdaughter of novelist Mike Peterson sued Nortel Networks, her mother's former employer, arguing that it shouldn't have paid Peterson $384,000 in death...

April 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in retirement plans from CIGNA Retirement & Investment Services may soon enjoy personalized financial counseling services.

April 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ICMA Retirement Corp. (ICMA-RC) has unveiled VantageLink, a retirement Web site for the public-sector market.

April 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Integrity Interactive Corp. has released a new Web-based compliance training course designed to help companies protect themselves and their workplaces from terror.

April 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer Investment Consulting has launched a new Web-based Global Custody Database.

April 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MetLife has announced the launch of its redesigned Web site, with new information for plan sponsors.