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April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new bill from a Pennsylvania Republican congressman sets up a federal trust fund to help beleaguered US steelmakers fund their legacy retirement...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even as it contemplates its next steps in pursuing actions against a money manager in the wake of the Enron debacle, the Florida...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The vote by Deutsche Bank to support Hewlett-Packard (H-P)'s proposed acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. continued to dominate proceedings in a Delaware courtroom...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the media frenzy over the Enron debacle, very few 401(k) participants have learned their lesson about holding too much company stock in...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shareholders at two prominent US companies have turned away efforts to keep pension gains from further boosting executive pay and bonuses, but the...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 14% of hedge funds and 19% of funds of funds have had risk budgets assigned by investors, new research from the an...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Newkirk, an Albany, New York defined contribution publisher offering print on demand products, has merged with Communi(k), a participant education firm in Portland,...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charging that Merrill Lynch continues to foster a "workplace environment of discrimination," a group of female brokers announced plans to make their dispute...

April 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three employees in Bear Stearns Cos clearing operations unit have been dismissed in connection with allegedly improper mutual fund trading.

April 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A healthier equity market hasn't significantly eased the financial burden for many Americans who are still feeling under great economic stress, according to...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-JP Morgan American Century Retirement Plan Services has revamped its plan sponsor Web site.

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The union representing Hawaii state police has sued the Hawaii state legislature for balancing the state budget with $346.9 million that the union...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation that would ban workplace discrimination against homosexuals is headed back to the Senate floor, following approval yesterday by the Senate Health, Education,...

March 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Democrats had a strong and visceral reaction to proposed health privacy rules issued by the Bush administration last week.

March 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently wrapped up an on-site investigation of The Hartford's mutual fund and annuity operations while a...

March 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal bankruptcy appeals court has held that an undistributed payment pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) from a retirement plan...

March 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A financial consultant employed by Citigroup Inc.'s Smith Barney unit arranged a $20-million deal to market time mutual funds, state and federal authorities...

March 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives has given a thumbs up to a bill creating a network of oversight groups to monitor reports of...

March 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SBC Communications is implementing a new executive compensation system that would more closely link executive pay to the company's financial performance.

March 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nursing home industry is the first in a series of professions to get government guidelines on how employers can cut the number...