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March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering alternatives to the agency's proposed 4 p.m. "hard close" rule aimed at ending illegal...

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Brokers and advisors looking to break into the potentially lucrative 401(k) market may want to use a new training program from plan provider...

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - San Jose has become the first city in California to officially recognize same-sex marriages of municipal employees.

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median total direct compensation packages for corporate directors were up by about 30% in the last year, according to a new study.

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former SG Cowen Securities Corp. director filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the investment bank, charging that she was unduly fired after...

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After three consecutive years of losses, nearly 100% of stock mutual funds reported positive returns last year, delivering an average 32.8% performance, according...

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Alabama union leader is predicting war will break out when Governor Bob Riley proposes doing away with a pension bonus program for...

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley has confirmed in a regulatory filing that it has been asked by securities regulators for information about its mutual fund trading...

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ripples of the Canary Capital Management scandal continue to move through the mutual fund industry with word that Bank One has replaced the...

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A dearth of electronic Form 5500 filings has federal regulators scratching their heads and asking plan sponsors for constructive feedback.

September 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PFPC Worldwide Inc. is set to acquire all outstanding shares of Persimmon Research Partners, Inc, also known as ADVISORport.

September 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Deutsche Bank continued to dispense with its institutional businesses, announcing that it has agreed to sell its passive asset management operations to Northern...

September 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oakland, California-based third-party administrator WESPAC has signed up as a strategic alliance partner with trading platform provider Walker MacRae.

September 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HR managers looking for ways to make their work lives less complicated may benefit from a new PeopleSoft online product.

September 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A company which forfeited an unvested worker's stock purchase plan account didn't violate a Washington state law prohibiting employers from taking a "rebate"...

September 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former housekeeping manager for a Miami luxury cruise line who claimed she can't work because of a herniated disc suffered when lifting...

September 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit by a Sears Home Improvement Products employee against his employer for not granting leave to visit his dying father and for...

March 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seattle Mayor Gregory Nickels has issued an executive order acknowledging the validity of marriages regardless of the sex of the individuals for purposes...

March 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United States-based customers bought more prescription medications exported from Canada in January, reversing three months of declines.

March 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While large private employers may have adjusted health care premium contribution levels to steer employees to the most cost- effective carriers, state governments...