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Soft-Dollar Debate Continues Red Hot

March 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The issue of soft-dollar arrangements continues to show why it is controversial and divisive as an investment advisor group spilt with the leading...
Administration |

SEC Drops Pursuit of Franklin's CEO

March 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Greg Johnson, the president and co-Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Franklin Resources Inc can breathe a sigh of relief; the US Securities and...
Benefits |

Tenet Moves to Cut Bad Debt

March 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With a green light from federal regulators, Tenet Healthcare Corp. will offer discount pricing to uninsured patients at its hospitals with an eye...
Administration |

Eisner Protest Vote Reaches 43%

March 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While embattled Walt Disney Co. chief Michael Eisner won re-election in a race in which he ran unopposed, more than four in 10...
Products |

SEI Launches Institutional Investor Portal

March 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SEI Investments has launched a Web-based client service portal that delivers new benefits and information processing advantages to its institutional investor clients, including...
Compliance |

Court: Real-Estate Manager Not Disabled

March 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that a Delaware real-estate manager wasn't completely disabled from back and digestive pain and...
Administration |

DB Sponsors Ride out Turbulent Times

March 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite two turbulent years, plan sponsors aren't showing much interest in ramping up risk management or performance benchmarking - and they were even...
Compliance |

High Court Hears ADA Case

February 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A case that has potentially sweeping implications for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) reached the Supreme Court.
Compliance |

IRS Issues Stock Rollover Rules

March 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued guidelines under which a corporation's subchapter S election will not be terminated when an employee...
Compliance |

Screenwriters Charge Age Discrimination

February 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of television writers, finding it difficult to find work in a youth-oriented industry, has filed more than 23 separate class action...
Products |

Schwab Sends Interactive e-Statements

February 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles Schwab Corporate Services introduced a quarterly interactive e-mail statement, providing participants in SchwabPlan 401(k) plans access to charts, market commentary and a...