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November 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House will consider H.R. 2269, the Retirement Security Advice Act, authored by Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Boehner (R-Ohio) tomorrow, just...

February 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 80% of employers are allowing employees, aged 50 and over, to make catch up contributions to their retirement plans this year, implementing...

November 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - One-third of American parents have not started a college savings program for their children, of these, two thirds can't afford to do so, which...

November 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the close of its $1 billion acquisition of the asset management business of Liberty Financial Cos Inc, Fleet Asset Management will take on...

November 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Florida state pension officials decided to increase the number of private investment companies that will have a shot at selling defined contribution plans to...

November 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the average number of investment options provided was 14, participants are only using about a third of the available options - at...

November 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - AMP, an Australian financial services company, will begin offering an online financial planning and advice service, called My Plan, powered by technology from DirectAdvice.

(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a promising fourth quarter, the year opened poorly for pension plans, with liabilities increasing by 1.59% in January, while assets decreased by 0.87%, according to...

February 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets held in separately managed accounts increased by 12.8% in the fourth quarter of 2001, and fell by less than 0.5% over the...

February 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last year, global assets under management edged up by a scant 0.2%, or less than $100 billion, according to estimates from consultant Cerulli...

February 11, 2002(PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush nominated Donald S. Prophete, senior attorney with the labor and employment division of Sprint's legal department, to the position of general counsel...

November 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has announced that the maximum benefit it will guarantee for retirees in underfunded, single-employer defined benefit plans...

November 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday extended the GUST remedial plan amendment period from December 31, 2001 to February 28, 2002.

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - JPMorgan Investor Services has formed an alliance that will offer clients the ability to establish the value of investment research received.

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a dramatic gesture yesterday, Global Crossing Chairman Gary Winnick said he and his family would personally make up $25 million of the...

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee benefit broker CBIZ Retirement Services is turning to an outside provider for its 401(k) recordkeeping needs in an effort to better concentrate...

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Wednesday announcement is expected from the Carlyle Group that it is closing its venture-capital fund Carlyle Venture Partners II LP with some...

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Grappling with what it said were overlapping personnel responsibilities and the continuing effects of a "brutal" market, a San Diego, California investment firm...

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) came out with both barrels blazing as it argued in court papers that former Enron Corp. executives...

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Cendant Corp. Internet executive has been awarded $496,344 in damages for her claims her rights were violated under the Connecticut Family Medical...