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Employers Cut Jobs – Not Perks, Pay

December 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While layoffs continue to loom at a number of firms, perks and pay appear to be escaping the ax at most firms responding...
Administration |

Oppenheimer Picks up Value Manager

February 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - OAM Institutional, a subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, has agreed to acquire Gulf Investment Management, of Houston, a separate account manager.
Administration |

FRS17 Threatens UK Pension Plans

February 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new British accounting rule could discourage employers from sponsoring pension plans that link employees' benefits to their final salaries, a survey by...
Products |

Fidelity Upgrades Institutional Client Site

February 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC) enhanced its Web site for institutional clients, including defined benefit pension plans, endowments and foundations.
Products |

EBenX System Facilitates Benefit Data

February 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new product from a Minneapolis company may help facilitate the flow of group benefit data between employers and their health and welfare...
Products |

E*Trade A Step Closer To 401(k)

January 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Universal Pensions has signed a strategic agreement with E*Trade to develop web-based 401(k) recordkeeping services.
Benefits |

Nabbed on the Net?

November 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More and more of us have resumes floating around on the Internet - but what would happen if your boss saw YOURS out...
Benefits |

"Close" Encounters in the Workplace

November 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - You might want to keep an eye on the mistletoe at the office Christmas party this year, according to a new online survey...
Benefits |

2003 Health Cost Increases Lower Than 2002

November 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) and Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) rate increases will be lower in 2003 than they were in 2002, according to...
Benefits |

Cigna Proposes Medical Claims Settlement

November 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cigna Corp has offered a proposal to settle class-action lawsuits brought on by hundreds of thousands of physicians claiming they are unfairly being...
Benefits |

Steelworkers Walk Out on 401(k)

November 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of unionized steel workers have walked off the job, angered that their employer wants to replace their pension plan with a...
Benefits |

US Airways Seeks Benefit Cuts

November 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Airways has asked workers with the International Association of Machinists (IAM) to double their health insurance contributions and accept an elimination of...