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April 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Luxembourg is still the center of Europe's collective funds industry with the number of funds and subfunds up 8% in 2001 compared to...

April 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The bitter partisan wrangling over pension and corporate governance reform in the wake of the Enron debacle was coming to a head in...

April 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A multi-employer 401(k) plan or other retirement account maintained by an employee leasing company will be treated as any other tax-qualified plan by...

March 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The much delayed audit of Florida's state pension fund has revealed that the Sunshine State overcharged the US government $517 million for pension...

December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the rate of health-care cost hikes is expected to slow somewhat in 2004, prescription drugs remain as the key cost villain in...

March 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) now says it wants to work with other large investors to develop standards for reporting valuations...

December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Principal Financial Group, Inc. announced a reshuffling of its executive ranks including a new retirement services unit head.

March 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has agreed to take a closer look at pension accounting by voting today to add it to...

March 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors refused to relent in the rapid pace of lawsuits filed against companies alleging damaged shareholder value through either committing securities fraud or...

March 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When Wilshire Associates researchers recently looked out over the state pension fund landscape, the view was indeed a bleak one.

December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CBS Corp's cash balance pension plan conversion did not violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) or the Age Discrimination in Employment...

December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has ruled a company is not required to rehire recovered drug addicts who claim their addiction is a disability.

December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Municipal employees in California have the right to choose between filing on-the-job discrimination claims within their employers' internal grievance procedure or directly through...

December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Presidential contender US Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Connecticut) is expected to propose a new payroll deduction to finance a new program allowing workers to...

December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A strict 4 p.m. close on mutual fund trading and enhanced disclosure requirement are what the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) thinks...

December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors might have an easier time banging out their required 5500 forms with two new systems being released by SunGard Corbel.

December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just like David Letterman, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has its own "Top 10" list - in this case containing the...

December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - All work and no overtime pay claims at a Plano, Texas call center have landed AT&T Wireless Services Inc. in legal hot water.

December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - David Bronner, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA), says the governor's pension proposals could launch a war...

December 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A shift in focus for call centers from service only to a sales generation tool are forcing employers to increasingly confront issues such...