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February 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles Schwab has unveiled a mutual fund investing primarily in Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) mortgage bonds.

February 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Dallas firm is offering its execution, custody and transaction clearing platform to independent investment advisors.

February 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan providers utilizing Newkirk Products' Enroll Plus to create enrollment materials for defined contribution plans will soon notice a change.

February 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Few things have the potential to be as disruptive to a plan sponsor as a shift in management at a carefully selected investment...

February 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill pending in Congress could change the face of offshore income deferral and escalate hedge fund taxes by $5 billion over the...

February 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer's German Human Resource Consulting arm has entered into an agreement with KPMG to acquire its German Actuarial Services division.

February 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has overhauled its emerging market policy by barring stock investment in Malaysia, Thailand, India, Russia, and...

February 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS Global Asset Management has overhauled its hedge fund and real estate investment business operations.

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A growing number of legislative officials are pressing for a heightened pursuit of funds lost by state pension funds in the wake of...

June 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group announced a new individual disability income product.

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Larger plans are more likely to have company stock, more participant investment in company stock - and more limits on that investment, according...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The protections under the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 (MHPA) have been extended until December 31, 2002, the Department of Labor (DoL)...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new pension bill purports to offer participants '100% control' in the investment of their 401(k) accounts - but that control could carry...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US House committee investigating the collapse of energy giant Enron and allegations of possible wrongdoing in its retirement plans, has scheduled two...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Washington insiders said that while president Bush successfully brought pension issues to the forefront by a mention in his State of the Union...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit by group of current and former workers at a Maine chicken processing plant, who claim they should be paid for putting...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CitiStreet has formed CitiStreet Consulting Services, its foray into the consulting business for retirement, health and welfare programs.

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As controversy continues to swirl around the proper role of company stock in retirement plans, a Houston fund manager unveiled a fund investing...

June 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Ohio Attorney General's assessment on an employee bonus plan for one of the state's pension funds could wind up being used against...

June 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wells Fargo & Company has acquired Harris Bank's book of retirement plan business.