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August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There are ominous indications in Sacramento at the nation's largest pension fund, the $150 billion California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS).

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Perdue Farms has agreed to pay $10 million in back pay for more than 60,000 employees as part of a settlement of a...

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Democratic leaders in the Florida Legislature are now backing a proposal to combat corporate fraud, a Tallahassee Democrat news report indicated.

July 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Stock Exchange (Amex) opened trading in three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) created by Barclays Global Investors.

July 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - a North Carolina Business Court judge has upheld First Union's merger agreement with Wachovia, but there was good news for rival suitor SunTrust...

July 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com- While expanded pension and savings opportunities abound in the new tax bill, more than a third (35%) of employer-sponsored retirement plan participants remain uncertain...

August 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets held in separately managed accounts totaled $417.1 billion in the second quarter of 2002, according to figures from The Money Management Institute...

July 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? As the House of Representatives readies for a debate on a patients' bill of rights, the two prevailing camps are jockeying for position.

July 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? ?The system is broken? ? so says the preface to a report drafted by the bi-partisan commission charged with making recommendations for a...

August 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal anti-discrimination agency has upheld complaints that African-American employees at Xerox Corp's Cincinnati facilities were racially harassed.

August 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate executives still have strong employee support despite rampant financial scandals, a survey found.

August 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most New York-area companies offer a 401(k) and/or a pension plan to employees, according to a new survey.

June 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS Asset Management (UBS-AM) will acquire RT Capital Management, Royal Bank of Canada's (RBC) asset management business, in a $230 million deal.

June 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research indicates that stock options, once only popular in the US, UK and Canada, are catching on in other countries, offering employers...

August 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With a continuing whirlwind of scandal swirling around the corporate world, it's no wonder employees are growing more fretful of their employer's and...

August 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Consulting giant Accenture Ltd. has cancelled raises for most workers - and plans to cut partner salaries by as much as 8%, according...

June 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Representative John Boehner (R-OH) is expected to reintroduce the Retirement Security Advice Act later this week ? and he's said to be looking...

Washington, June 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Department of Labor Wednesday announced an initiative to better assist employers and others with information on the more than 100 labor laws...

June 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? GOP maneuvering kept the patients' bill of rights from getting to the Senate floor, as concerns grew that contradictory language in the bill...

June 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On June 7, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2000-32, offering plan sponsors and recordkeepers some additional choices - and some "permanent relief"...