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April 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the equity markets swooned in March, 401(k) participants showed transfer activity toward fixed-income investment options.

April 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The closely watched pension funding bill ploughed through the United States Senate Thursday with a strong 78 to 19 vote to approve the...

April 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has upheld a $35,050 penalty assessed against a retirement plan that didn't respond to a beneficiary's request for plan...

August 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of large company pension plans improved to an average of 88% in 2003, from 82% the year before.

August 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) has scheduled a test for its bond halt-trading notification system.

August 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Entrepreneurs may have enjoyed a reputation for being willing to fly solo when it comes to business decisions, but they are also willing...

August 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given the Nasdaq Stock Market a final OK to bring its SuperMontage trading system online.

August 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Manulife USA and Scudder Investments have joined to offer a slate of variable annuity products, the companies announced.

August 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Treasurer Barbara Hafer says Pennsylvania's state pension funds are in good shape - but she's not as certain about the status of...

April 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For all the attention focused on options expensing and executive compensation policies, the impact on pay practices among large employers looks to be...

July 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - International investment managers, buoyed by the rising tide of international equity markets, produced a median portfolio return of 19.0% in the second quarter...

July 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The continuing trend of retirement plan participants suing their employers for an ERISA fiduciary breach over their management of company stock investments has...

July 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Europeans institutions have increased their inventories of US listed exchange-trade funds (ETF) and Holding Company Depository Receipts (HOLDRS) by 20% in the past...

April 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials on Wednesday put out some guidance on the new Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), including the extent to which they will be...

April 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The pension funding bill winding its way through Congress got a boost in the United State Senate when the leading Democrat said he...

April 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Nationwide Financial added Collective Investment Funds (CIFs) to its qualified plan investment offerings, aiming to provide a new investment option for small and mid-sized retirement...

April 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The vast majority of workers say that the office is for work and not for planning their next getting away.

April 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Gender bias on Wall Street? Feminist Martha Burk thinks prestigious golf club memberships are proof of a bias and now she is taking...

April 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The glass ceiling is developing more and more cracks, allowing women to make significant inroads into higher paying managerial and technical positions.

April 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although HR business process outsourcing (BPO) is saving companies money, it hasn't been the be-all panacea some users might have expected, according to...