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March 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Approximately one in three Americans, or 74.7 million people under the age of 65, were without health insurance at some point in 2001...

November 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) will have to reveal performance data on the $19 billion tied to private investments it previously claimed...

November 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have sued the former city of Chicago treasurer and two investment brokers accused of trying to gain city business by making...

November 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hampered by equity market volatility, year-end assets in defined contribution (DC) plans fell by 8%, compared to 3% for defined benefit (DB) plans...

November 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Asset allocation is being steered to alternative investments, best practice benchmarks are evolving, and technology is changing the endowment business - these are...

November 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Asset allocation is being steered to alternative investments, best practice benchmarks are evolving, and technology is changing the endowment business - these are...

November 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - House Ways & Means Committee members Representatives Phil English (R-Pennsylvania) and Karen Thurman (D - Florida) introduced the Lifetime annuity Payout (LAP) Act,...

November 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hoechst Celanese Corporation has lost its bid to avoid paying California state taxes on part of a $388-million pension reversion from a qualified...

November 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court abandoned plans to rule on a major affirmative action case, concluding that the lawsuit involving a white-owned contractor wasn't...

November 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Boston Fund, Inc. has launched the New Boston Real Estate Investment Fund, L.P (Fund VI), according to a company press release.

November 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than seven out of 10 (71%) companies say their treasury department is playing a greater strategic role within their company than just...

November 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in mid-to-large retirement plans at Scudder Retirement Services (SRS) may be getting a helping hand from an online investment-education product.

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Venture capital fund losses accelerated in the second quarter, according to an industry report.

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's has unveiled a study that ranks companies in the S&P 500 Index based on their transparency and disclosure.

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors Corp topped third-quarter earnings expectations excluding special items, but the company warned that weakness in the stock market will cause its...

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time in more than two years, the nation's largest pension fund has approved a significant asset allocation shift of funds...

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Tuesday approved plans to file a shareholder challenge to "excessive" executive compensation policies at General Electric...

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The pension-funding gap for US autoworkers will increase from $13.9 billion in 2001 to more than $30 billion by FYI the end of...

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Auditing Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) released guidance materials for detecting fraud.

October 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the country's scrutiny focused on corporate malfeasance, chief executive officers (CEO) say it is their personal responsibility to manage their company's reputation.