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December 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) is tying pensions for its United Kingdom staff to the company's profitability.

December 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three-quarters (77%) of mutual fund investors said they would pull money out of a fund they believe acted improperly.

December 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Indiana Public Employees' Retirement Fund (PERF) chief benefits officer and convicted identify thief Walter Kevin Scott is scheduled for sentencing December 29.

December 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former US Senator Phil Gramm is proposing the state of Texas fund its teachers' retirement system by taking out life insurance policies on...

December 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -- Mutual fund company Janus Capital Group announced Friday that the manager of one of its funds identified internally as having allowed market timing...

May 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING Groep NV has announced the appointment of Jan Nijssen to the Global Head of Pensions post.

December 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even with worldwide equity markets rebounding in 2003, pensions across the globe still have a long road ahead of them to reach firm...

May 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The share of health care costs the employers are paying could increase threefold by 2010.

December 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service will be looking over the shoulder of executives at some companies to make sure they're properly following the rules...

May 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two financial industry training groups have teamed up to provide defined contribution instruction that mixes both online and classroom work.

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seventy-seven percent of Americans between the ages of 50 and 70 report that they have lost money in stocks over the past two...

May 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust institutional clients will now be able to access Effron's Separate Account Express via the Northern Trust Global Investor Passport.

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The outside fiduciary for the company stock in UAL Corp's 401(k) plans has blocked United Airlines employees from buying any shares for their...

May 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The shape of the defined contribution landscape took another shift today, as Minneapolis-based US Bank tapped BISYS as part of what the firm...

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite volatile markets and looming retirements, the vast majority (81%) of participants are spending less than an hour a month checking in on...

May 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participant transfer activity was normal during April, but resurgent stock markets sent investors scrambling to equity investments on a net basis.

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Domestic equity funds are the most common 401(k) plan investment option and account for more participant assets than any other asset class, a...

November 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has filed an objection to Weirton Steel's bankruptcy reorganization plan, in the agency's attempt to get a...

November 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate pension plans, buffeted by last year's perfect storm of underfunding, may have to batten down the hatches again in 2004.

November 29, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon Financial Corporation will acquire the human resources outsourcing and consulting businesses of Unifi Network, a PricewaterhouseCoopers subsidiary.