Latest News

August 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Slumping US equity markets haven't left the nation's public pension funds unscathed.

August 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ordered the owner of a number of Waffle House franchises to pay 125 current and former managers about $2.9...

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charging that the adviser and distributor of the Morgan Stanley American Opportunities Fund received undisclosed "soft dollar" compensation and other under-the-table benefits, two...

August 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tyco International Ltd, whose pension plans swung to an $899 million deficit last year, could have to come up with hundreds of millions...

August 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released a new handbook to help employers deal with the provisions of the Americans with...

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's funds research reported that domestic mutual funds currently closed to new investments are continuing to charge a 12b-1 fee to...

August 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many Canadian chief financial officers (CFO) apparently won't travel far from home to find their next professional posting, a new survey found.

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bank of Hawaii has selected BISYS to offer administrative and recordkeeping services for the firm's balance forward retirement plans.

August 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has expanded its online research tools for financial advisors to include information on new bond exchange-traded funds, or ETFs.

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hit hard by high pension and health-care costs, United States Steel Corp. is reporting a second-quarter loss.

August 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors looking for some help in choosing and monitoring funds can now draw on the expertise of a new product combination.

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Geode Capital Management LLC has been tapped to run Fidelity Investment's equity index funds.

August 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you're tired of hearing folks go on about "socially responsible" investing, then MUTUALS.com has the fund for you.

April 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eighty-one percent of Southeast Michigan's employers reported health care premium increases in excess of 10% during the last two years.

August 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Neovest, Inc., developer of trading technology, says it has taken order-entry products a step further by integrating direct access technology with real-time filtering.

April 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index produced a return of 0.62% in March.

August 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Morningstar Advisor Workstation, an online toolkit for investment planning professionals, is now available on Morningstar's Web site for financial advisors.

April 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Actively managed equity mutual funds beat their corresponding Standard & Poor's indices during the first quarter of 2003, but lagged the indices over...

August 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SunGard Corbel has released a new version of its proposal system that allows benefits professionals to compare all types of qualified plans on...

April 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - RiskMetrics Group has unveiled its latest quarterly list of kudos and raspberries for the "Best and Worst" evaluations of US and UK equity...