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March 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of financial professionals believe that new disclosure rules have reduced the amount of security information available, while nearly three-fourths believe...

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There is a potential problem brewing in the UK over the "insufficient" qualifications of pension-fund trustees, according to a new study.

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) cast its vote to oppose the merger of Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) with the Compaq Computer Corporation,...

March 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is raising the fee it charges for stock market transactions, due to the declining dollar volume in equities...

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate trainers may have another option to better manage their menu of training courses with the recently unveiled emagine records system, according to...

March 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Joining a renewed trend, Union Planters has decided to outsource its 401(k) recordkeeping to Universal Pension, Inc. (UPI).

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 401(k) Company, a retirement plan provider, will provide online advice to its participants from Morningstar Associates, LLC.

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - RiskMetrics Group unveiled its Risk Map of the Market application, aiming to provide investors with a picture of the risk in their portfolios.

March 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants now have the ability to make interfund transfers, change contribution allocations and rebalance their accounts in the palm of their hands.

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Department of Labor (DoL) Secretary Elaine Chao has officially tapped State Street Bank and Trust to take over Enron's three retirement plans.

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House Ways and Means overwhelmingly approved The Employee Benefits Bill of Rights, which protects retirement plan participants from some of the...

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Concerned about burdening plan sponsors with having to report on their pension plan activities to two federal agencies, House Republican leaders delayed a...

February 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate Banking Committee will meet Thursday to consider a bill that could save investors billions in securities trading fees.

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As part of an agreement with Washington State, where Wal-Mart Stores plans to build a regional warehouse, the retailer will speed up workers...

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri has proposed creating a national pension system that helps young people start saving with "seed money"...

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rep. John Boehner, (R-Ohio), and Rep. Sam Johnson, (R-Texas) have introduced the Pension Security Act, which features a proposed list of 401(k) operating...

February 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Surplus employee benefit funds can be given to public charities according to the IRS - at least in one particular case.

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some retirement plan participants, whose employers are American Express clients, will have a wider array of investment choices following the launch of two...

February 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bigger may not be better for global custody players, according to a new survey of pension funds, endowments and institutional investors.

February 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most companies with defined benefit pension plans will suffer some kind of hit to their bottom line, courtesy of the turbulent markets, according...