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May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Group life insurance clients of Prudential Financial will now have access to a suite of new employee assistance program (EAP) services.

May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Predictions for third-quarter technology hiring among chief information officers (CIOs) have softened a bit from earlier in the year, a new survey found.

May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ill workers who stay out of the office between one and five days - so-called incidental absence - account for between a third...

May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Investors poured a record amount of net assets, $38.2 billion, into hedge funds during the first quarter, according to research compiled by Tremont's hedge...

May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index posted a decrease for April of 1.28%, a deterioration from March's 0.4% advance.

May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—LOMA introduced three new self-study courses for its Financial Services Institute (FFSI) designation program that help employees better understand, develop and support products and services.

May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Express Financial Education and Planning Services group of American Express Retirement Services unveiled an employee financial benefits and education guidebook.

May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MutualArt Inc., a Manhattan-based company that develops financial services for the art world, has created a pension program for visual artists, in which...

May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U. S. Department of Labor (DoL) on Tuesday released final rules governing health-care coverage notices under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act...

May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—A plan participant can file a criminal complaint against her employers for allegedly withholding money from paychecks designated for a retirement plan but never investing...

May 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A strengthening domestic economy and more sightings of the bulls on Wall Street have bumped up average 401(k) plan balances by 35%, but...

May 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey of defined contribution plan participants portrays American workers as radically more pessimistic about their retirement chances or whether they will...

May 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System (SERS) has tapped a New Hampshire pension official as its new chief.

May 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Seattle window manufacturer has agreed to pay about $3.4 million to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit, which also charged the company retaliated...

May 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A long-term disability benefit plan administrator must inform a plan participant who has been denied benefits that the participant has the right to...

May 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Principal Financial Group announced it is joining the provider group offering retirement plan managed accounts

May 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Access to financial education resources in the workplace is very or somewhat important for two-thirds of American workers at larger companies, reports Fidelity Investments.

May 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual funds in April continued along the same path as they had in March as the funds (including exchange-traded funds) ended April with...

If parents had worked as hard to get their teenagers to do homework over the past decade as the 401(k) industry had worked to turn Americans into savvy...

May 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One sizable plan sponsor is headed in the opposite direction from many employers these days when it comes to offering workplace pensions -...