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October 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds were down a tick (-0.3%), or $22.1 billion, to $6.94 trillion in September, according to...

October 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-BancFirst Corporation, Oklahoma's largest state-chartered bank, chose The 401(k) Company as recordkeeping and administrative services provider for its retirement plan.

October 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Reverberations of the Strong Financial fiasco are spreading all the way to Oregon and the state's college savings plan.

October 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After a Pakistan-based medical transcriber threatened to divulge medical transcripts from the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center, a California...

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Separately managed account (SMA) investors and financial advisors now have another research source with word that Morningstar has unveiled an SMA rating system...

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors who thought the Bush Administration's retirement savings proposals were DOA are in for a surprise next year.

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer has announced plans to assume responsibility for the pension of nearly 23,000 workers and retires of bankrupt Pillowtex...

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have filed suit against executives of an Indianapolis firm for their failure to prudently manage the company's health plan and leaving...

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Top to bottom, the average market salary levels for the same position can vary by more than 60% across the country.

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments is finalizing a deal to acquire TEDS, an HR software development and consulting company.

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sometimes, it pays to be big.

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The queue of Americans for filing first-time unemployment benefits claims continued to get shorter last week - the fourth straight claims decrease in...

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Marching in step with the increase in benefits costs, the Employment Cost Index (ECI) for total compensation rose 1% from June 2003 to...

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds took in $20.9 billion in new assets in September.

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Winklevoss Technologies has released a desktop tool kit for plan sponsors, investment advisors and consultants to answer "what-if" questions surrounding pension plan disclosure...

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—At the end of the third quarter, $456.29 billion was held in separately managed accounts (SMAs), an improvement of 3% over the second quarter assets...

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of United States employers are offering a two-day paid holiday around Thanksgiving in 2003, but as budgets get tighter, that number...

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- "I think we need a health care plan that promotes wellness in America - not just treatment, "said Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark, according...

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Looking to cut costs from the city's budget, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is looking into buying Canadian prescription drugs for city workers.

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York-area employers are offering older workers plums such as flexible work schedules (58%) and part-time hours (47%) in order to get them...