Latest News

April 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Socially responsibly mutual fund provider the Timothy Plan is launching a new fund focusing on companies whose products and services represent the core...

April 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former Exxon Mobil Corp employee's claim that she was defamed when fired by the company for allegedly stealing company property will be...

April 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer's failure to provide plan documents has resulted in a $160,000 penalty, even though the participant was not entitled to the benefits...

April 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) has decided to appeal an Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruling awarding $821,000 in additional pension...

April 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Boston company has unveiled a new retirement planning program.

April 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than six out of 10 (62%) employees says feeling safe at work is "very important."

April 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most executives notice the greatest level of productivity from their employees comes after a vacation.

April 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A San Diego company has jumped into the competitive fray with a new health savings account (HSA) product.

April 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the war on the high cost of prescription drugs continues across the country at all levels of government, two states have unveiled...

April 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of jobless workers queuing up for first-time benefits was a good bit shorter last week, the government announced.

April 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - During the first quarter of 2004, the Employment Cost Index (ECI) rose 1.1%.

April 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - International investment managers, buoyed by the rising tide of international equity markets, produced a median portfolio return of 4.5% in the first quarter...

After six months of rising mutual fund asset levels, funds lost ground slightly in March.

April 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Maine Governor John Baldacci on Wednesday signed a bill creating domestic partnerships in the state and extending domestic partnership rights to heterosexual or...

April 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Although equity markets ended the first quarter of 2004 with overall gains, the strong start seen early in the quarter was wiped out by volatility...

April 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Asset flows into unit investment trusts (UIT) roared ahead in March after falling back the month before.

April 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While all employers continue to grapple with spiraling health-care coverage costs, small firms are apparently getting hit particularly hard.

April 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-Although medical premiums have greatly increased from 2001 levels, annual increases in dental premiums appear to have subsided, never reaching the double digit increases so...

April 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees may not be completely forthcoming about how much time they spend surfing the Web at work, a new survey found.

April 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-Nearly two-thirds of Americans (64%) have retirement plans in which they will be unable to make sufficient adjustments to their investments in response to market...