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February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average hedge fund returned 1.06% in January, according to the HedgeFund.net-PerTrac Universes.

February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets held in separately managed accounts (SMA) totaled $398.7 billion at the end of 2002.

February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The so-called "January effect," the tendency for stock prices to increase in January more than other months, failed to move markets - or...

February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A consumer-driven health (CDH) plan can lead in a reduction in the use of health care services by 11%.

December 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers can be held liable for dangerous conditions on their premises if they don't eliminate the hazard in a reasonable amount of time,...

December 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal jury awarded a former United Airlines ramp supervisor $55,000 in a civil rights lawsuit. The plaintiff, Mina Lundien, claimed she was...

December 26, 2001 - Neither Washington State law nor the Americans Disability Act (ADA) require employers to replace supervisors who inflict emotional stress, according to the Washington Supreme...

December 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The embattled HealthSouth Corp. has agreed to replace five longtime directors who were on the board when the health-care giant became entangled in...

December 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Invesco Funds Group and its president and chief executive officer Raymond Cunningham on Tuesday were slapped with parallel state and federal civil fraud...

December 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with a continuing investigation into abusive market trading practices, regulators are said to be ready to propose a reform package that includes...

February 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While major US stock indices continued to struggle, hedge funds eked out a 0.72% gain in January, according to the Hennessee Hedge Fund...

November 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SEI Investments has signed an agreement with Organizer Systems (OSI) to utilize OSI's hedge fund system InvesTier.

February 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bonnie Benhayon has been named as the new head of business services for the institutional investment area of Banc of America Capital Management...

February 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the latest example in a continuing trend, insurer Aetna Inc. is phasing out its medical and dental coverage for employees who retire...

November 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - LTV Steel has petitioned a federal bankruptcy court for permission to reject its labor agreements and cease operations, claiming it lacks sufficient funds...

February 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fewer workers and job seekers are agreeing to a geographic relocation, according to a survey.

November 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercury Asset Management had the wrong target in sight when it set the risk levels of the £1 billion portfolio it ran for...

February 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Six in 10 multiemployer benefit funds provide retiree health-care benefits in the face of skyrocketing costs and the added pressure of having large...

November 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The downturn in the business inevitably leads companies to examine their costs more closely - among these, executive compensation - to find ways...

February 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - These days, pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) may be as much a part of the problem of spiraling health costs as they are a...