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June 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The percentage of high-income African-Americans who invest in the stock market has gone up 30% over the last five years, according to the...

June 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - KeyCorp has decided to exit the bundled defined contribution business effective immediately - and has recommended The Principal Group as a replacement provider.

June 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though more than half of UK fund managers see a strong socially responsible investing (SRI) market, the managers are more caught up...

June 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The TPA business by Centerprise Advisors Inc. took a quantum leap as Centerprise acquired IMA, a Shreveport, Louisiana TPA for employee medical plans,...

June 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has introduced a new bill that attempts to give defined benefit plan sponsors a bit of extended relief.

June 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) plan trustees can't sue Merrill Lynch in Florida state court for improperly recommending participants buy shares of Merrill's growth fund, a federal...

May 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SWIFT now offers finance pros and investment managers a new tool to improve transaction efficiency - and reduce costs.

May 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three charities are among the first investors in Canadian group Real Assets' new range of socially responsible index funds.

May 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund, which boasts $24 billion in assets under management, will begin trading its exchange-traded class of shares,...

December 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Government figures for first-time unemployment benefits claims continued heading south for the week ending November 30 - the third straight weekly report showing...

December 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Government figures for first-time unemployment benefits claims continued heading south for the week ending November 30 - the third straight weekly report showing...

December 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While most retirees are expected to keep their employer-provided health coverage over the next 36 months, many retirees will have to pay more...

December 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal anti-discrimination agency is echoing calls it made after 9/11 reminding employers not to discriminate against foreign workers.

May 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA) now offers online compliance help for plan sponsors and providers at a new Web site.

May 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move fraught with implications for benefit programs in the state, Vermont's House last night approved a bill that would extend Vermont's...

May 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street has expanded Global Link to include a Japanese-language version of its e-finance network for global investment managers, broadening access to the...

April 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the second year in a row, an employee-backed shareholder proposal challenging IBM's pension policies has come up short.

April 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -A growing practice to award employee referral, hiring, or retention bonuses will still only have a minor impact on a company's overall labor costs,...

April 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ceridian now offers plan sponsors a new tool that can help streamline benefits administration.

April 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Internet-based offering from CitiStreet will allow plan sponsors to design - and purchase - a defined contribution plan online.