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March 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though increasing numbers of private-sector employers have been at least eyeing a move from a defined benefit (DB) to a defined contribution...

March 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined benefit plan participants weren't injured - and had no basis for recovery - for a hedge fund investment loss in a pension...

March 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has settled a racial harassment suit filed by a group of current and former African-American employees at Scientific Colors...

March 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Actuaries, start your 'engines.' The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has determined the rate of interest on 30-year Treasury Securities for February 2002, allowing...

March 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new online database of financial advisors may help those looking for help in navigating the sometimes murky waters of investing.

February 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Ontario Superior Court has approved class-action status for members and former members of the Colgate-Palmolive Canada pension plan in an $8.1 million...

April 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When cash balance plan guidance is handed down by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) it will be effective for fiscal years starting...

February 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Another pension protection bill made its debut yesterday but with a focus on education, not advice, as the best means to protect workers'...

April 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has published a fact sheet providing details about the Retirement Savings Credit.

February 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Speaking today at the National Saver's Summit held in Washington, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao remarked that it is imperative for Americans to...

April 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Alaska has joined a parade of institutional investors and other shareholders in suing media giant Time Warner Inc. and subsidiary...

February 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In his speech to the attendees of the National Saver's Summit Thursday, President George W. Bush alluded to the Enron debacle by saying...

April 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Compromise pension funding relief legislation hammered out at eleventh hour has been overwhelmingly approved by the U.S. House of Representatives.

February 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of the Massachusetts state pension fund has voted to commit $800 million to venture capital and buyout funds if money managers...

February 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most Americans don't expect -- and many don't want -- lives of leisure in retirement and don't expect lifetime financial security from an...

February 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts Financial Services Co. (MFS), the Boston firm entangled in the fund trading scandal, may lose a sizable chunk of business as pension...

February 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Mutual fund company Franklin Resources and a former Franklin official, William Post, were charged Wednesday by Massachusetts securities regulators with fraud for their role in...

February 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half the employees participating in a recent poll confessed that their greatest retirement fear was running out of money.

February 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts securities regulators have charged mutual fund company Franklin Resources and William Post, a former Franklin official, with fraud for their role in...

April 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an area of the domestic economy that has been particularly hard hit by the recent recession and bearish investment climate - the...