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November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is expected to release its final regulations to Section 457 in mid-2003, according to a report from Washington-based...

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued proposals to ease stock buyback regulations and provide more flexibility for strategic alliances to be...

November 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Ohio House and Senate have passed competing pension reform bills, setting the stage for a legislative battle royale as the two bodies...

November 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Xerox Corporation Retirement Income Guarantee Plan (RIGP) has reached an agreement in principle to settle pension-related litigation.

February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The RiskMetrics Group has unveiled a new Monthly Risk Report, which will feature an assessment of market risk across the equity, credit, currency...

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Private equity fundraising levels were up in both Europe and North America in the third quarter of 2003, but still pale in comparison...

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assumption rates used by plan sponsors for FAS 87 and FAS 106 discount rate calculations are on the decline.

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - No one could ever say money managers aren't competitive.

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wilshire Associates Inc.'s high-speed, high-volume mutual fund trades a decade ago have drawn the investigative eye of the US Securities and Exchange Commission...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the second year in a row, teenagers participating in a Junior Achievement (JA) survey reported having their heart set on becoming a...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Giving Internet-connected workers the freedom to choose where they do their work ultimately pays off in a greater willingness to do work outside...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If workers seem extra happy at their desktop computer, there may be a good reason: many are hitting X-rated Web sites or participating...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Year end 2003 assets held in separately managed accounts were $506.6 billion, up 11% from the third quarter and up a whopping 29%...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite pleas from Ohio Governor Bob Taft to hold off on any new health-care mandates on business, the Buckeye State's House approved a...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal private pension insurer has taken over an underfunded pension plan sponsored by the bankrupt Fansteel Inc., a specialty metals manufacturer based...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)— A federal judge ruled that an ordinance requiring employers receiving certain housing and community development funds to extend benefits to employees' domestic partners is...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide Financial announced proposal and enrollment choices for its private-sector retirement plan business, according to a news release.

February 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer is moving to take over the pension plan of a bankrupt Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based cafeteria company covering more...

February 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bi-partisan group of US Senators has introduced a comprehensive mutual fund reform measure that would repeal the US Securities and Exchange Commission...

September 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shareholders of Cintas Corporation have filed a resolution requesting the company's board of directors review and report to shareholders by April 2005 on...