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September 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment managers and the plan sponsors who monitor their performance may be interested in an improved version of the Russell/Mellon Performance Attribution (RPA)...

September 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - From where HR and benefits executives sit, the retirement years for many American workers won't be pretty.

September 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As expected, the Federal Reserve left short-term interest rates unchanged, although the vote was not unanimous.

September 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Moody's Investors Service said junk bond defaults set a record in 2002 with the default rate even worse than earlier predicted.

September 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Century announced three top-level appointments at American Century Investment Management (ACIM), including a chief investment officer (CIO).

September 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Older workers looking for potential employers who would welcome them can get a few suggestions from a new American Association of Retired Persons...

September 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Older Americans not only want to keep working after their retirement, but many admit they will need to do so to keep sufficient...

September 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Polo Ralph Lauren workers are suing their employer for a uniform policy that is eating up as much as a third of their...

September 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health-care costs and work rules are looming large in labor negotiations at Navistar.

September 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The head of the nation's new accounting board could be a pension fund chief, according to published reports.

September 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors still yanked money out of stock mutual funds in August, but at a comparative trickle compared to the raging $49 billion outflow...

September 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sector funds can prove to be strong portfolio performers, a new study shows.

September 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former president of SEI Investment Systems and Services is resigning to join another firm.

September 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the midst of a its most trying economic cycle ever, local leaders of the United Steelworkers of America are banding together to...

September 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members or the US armed forces most frequently suffer from mental ailments such as depression and substance abuse, presenting one of the nation's...

September 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has tapped Fred R. Buenrostro, Jr. as its Chief Executive Officer.

September 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The amount of first-time jobless claims headed south last week, but was still stubbornly and unexpectedly high, the US Department of Labor (DoL)...

September 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total assets of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) took a healthy leap in August to $91.28 billion, up from July's $78.59 billion, according to data...

September 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Private industry employers in June 2002 paid an average of $21.83 per hour, a $0.12 increase from March, according to the latest data...

September 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard and Poor's has unveiled the methodology, structure, and components of its new hedge fund index.