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April 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifth Third Bank Investment Advisors has expanded its 401(k) plan services with enhancements to two existing product offerings.

February 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors and providers can get toll-free assistance in completing Form 5500 from the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA).

April 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small business owners weighing the choice of implementing an owner-only 401(k), sometimes called a Solo(k) or Individual(k), over other types of retirement plans...

February 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bank of New York clients will now be able to create portfolio manager activity guidelines via the Internet with a new release of...

February 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Persumma Financial is teaming up with Ameritrade to provide a self-directed brokerage option to Persumma's 401(k) clients.

February 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING Furman Selz is adding two hedge funds to its multi-manager portfolio to meet investor's return and risk management objectives, the company said.

February 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in Microsoft's employee stock option program (ESOP) recently filed four securities arbitration claims against Merrill Lynch & Co and Salomon Smith Barney.

February 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Conference Board's annual survey of corporate philanthropy reveals company contributions to worthy causes is on the rise.

February 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge fund manager David Webb has set up a Cleveland-based hedge fund company that will specialize in buying and selling equities.

April 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United States Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that states can force health maintenance organizations (HMO) to let "any willing provider" into a...

April 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The transfer of IRA assets to an ERISA qualified profit-sharing plan immediately prior to a bankruptcy filing was not a fraudulent act and...

April 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three out of four small and mid-sized businesses are either worried or very worried about workplace accidents.

April 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Six out of 10 information technology (IT) managers indicate that IT compensation consumes 25% to 50% of their budgets, even though IT budgets...

February 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A multiemployer defined benefit pension plan did not illegally cut back on retiree benefits when it dropped a cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) after the retirement...

April 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon Financial Corporation has named a new director in its Human Resources Services sector.

February 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced within the next few months, an advisory opinion clarifying the definition of "ancillary service" will be...

April 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The climax to a long-anticipated outbreak of war in Iraq spoke favorably to FTSE All-World Index investors, as the index increased 1.54% in...

February 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles Schwab Corporate Services has expanded its defined benefit plan services for both traditional and cash balance pension plans, in a move to...

April 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A partnership between Fred Alger Management, Inc. and AmeriServ Trust and Financial Services Company is launching a new stock fund that will invest...

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...