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April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted rules to strengthen corporate audit committees, giving them new power to hire and fire the...

January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Berger LLC, investment manager for Berger Funds, and Stilwell Financial, are to acquire Enhanced Investment Technologies (INTECH) from Prudential Financial.

January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US steel makers can now present a united front in their continuing efforts to promote industry consolidation, specifically in advancing a request for...

January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer stock practices could come under some new pressure from two of the nation's largest pension fund investors.

January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alliance Capital will now provide Emplanet, Inc.'s e-401(k) program to its brokers and advisors making it a little easier for them to put...

January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move certain to rekindle the controversy surrounding the Enron lockdown, the Gottesdiener Law Firm has published two emails allegedly sent to...

May 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation to reduce transaction fees and increase pay for Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Paylogix, a provider of billing solutions to the insurance industry, has added expanded benefit communications services to its Sum-ER-EE online benefit statement.

January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Supreme Court justices on Wednesday quizzed lawyers for an Illinois HMO and a Chicago woman about whether state officials can legally step...

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ADP Employer Services' Executive Deferred Compensation (EDC) Group has introduced a mid-market company deferred compensation program.

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Planned job cuts plummeted 38% in March to their lowest level in six months, but that doesn't mean it is time to break...

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Responding to continued double-digit health care cost increases, the percentage of companies offering consumer-driven health care plans (CDHP) more than doubled in one...

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of both HR professionals and employees felt that the job market would remain about the same over the next six months...

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers still think most about their workforce despite the faltering economy - particularly about whether employees have the requisite skills to help the...

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee was entitled to retain insurance coverage under COBRA, despite having notified her employer of a decision to terminate the coverage...

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Supreme Court justices have turned away an Illinois case about whether the legal doctrine of estoppel can be applied to ERISA health...

March 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors with defined benefit plans may soon find some relief coming their way, courtesy of pension reform advocates Portman and Cardin.

March 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) has cautioned Bethlehem Steel Corp's retirees that a health plan currently being touted to the steelworkers as...

March 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut), a presidential hopeful, on Monday vowed to reintroduce a Senate bill granting the same benefits to domestic partners of...

March 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets in exchange-traded funds (ETF) dipped to $92.8 billion in February - the third drop in a row - from $95.6 billion in...