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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...

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -A number of companies that don't have employee stock ownership plans, (ESOPs) but offer company stock in their 401(k) plans are creating ESOPs within...

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -LTV says it believes the federal government will take over the Cleveland, Ohio-based steelmaker's pension plans at the end of March.

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Credit Suisse First Boston has a new alternative investment offering for pension funds and other institutional investors.

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.

January 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - National Commerce Financial Corp. (NCFC) and two of its subsidiaries have been accused of overcharging 2,300 participants in Corky's Bar-B-Que's employee benefits plans...

January 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has found a state law preventing common citizens from using a defibrillator rendered moot a lawsuit against an employer...

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The performance of employee directed defined contribution plans lagged defined benefit plans by about 1% per year between 1990 and 1998, a new...

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors should remember that fixed income isn't risk free - in fact, last year the number of corporate defaults was at its highest,...

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only half of the executives polled by the Conference Board say their recent involvement in an M&A deal succeeded.

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A separate agreement between Lucent Technologies and the union representing many of its most senior employees may have cost hundreds of workers who...

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The economic downturn in 2001 claimed comparatively few financial firms, according to an insurance-rating company.

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest planned acquisition by BB&T Insurance Services should help expand its employee benefit offerings, according to the company.

January 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IBM says it has restored its US pension plan to a fully-funded status, thanks to some $3.95 billion in contributions.

January 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has announced the introduction of a revised composite index that will also serve as the basis for...

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of Charles Schwab Corporation's recordkeeping clients will soon offer 401(k) plan sponsors and their participants online advice via Morningstar ClearFuture.