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April 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Another UK employer group has come out in opposition to Financial Reporting Standard 17 (FRS17), the new UK accounting regulation on how companies...

March 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investors are pressing corporate governance measures on the other side of the "pond", encouraging British companies to put board pay agreements on...

March 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors tired of wading through reams of vendor generated paper RFPs now have an alternative.

March 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension reform made a grand reappearance today, as Representatives Portman and Cardin unveiled their new pension reform package, along with more than 250...

March 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator John Edwards (D-NC) has lashed out at a new patient's bill of rights from Senators Frist (R-TN) and Breaux (D-LA), still in...

February 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While much attention has focused on the change in deferral amounts under the Portman-Cardin pension reform proposal, a less publicized provision may have...

February 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer industry groups are lining up to urge inclusion of the Portman/Cardin proposal in President Bush's tax proposal, with some predicting a significant...

February 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move that could open a new door for 401(k) plan investors, Fidelity and Schwab are reportedly gearing up to offer "do-it-yourself"...

February 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Capital has rolled out STRAX, an Internet based securities lending system that links lenders and borrowers of equity securities to its custodian,...

February 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In what Watson Wyatt interprets as a sign that more companies are tying executives' pay to corporate performance, the median chief executive officer's...

February 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enron may be dominating the news, but a recent survey by an industry group didn't find much effect of the growing scandal on...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In 2001 dividend payments on the S&P 500 index fell by 3.3% - the largest decline since a 4.1% drop in 1951, according...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Public pension funds are becoming increasingly aggressive on the securities litigation front - with the Florida State Board of Administration (FSBA) at the...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? While a growing number of workers are eligible for pension plans, the percentage opting to participate is declining, according to new research by...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadians will make few changes to their retirement saving plans in the RRSP season, according to a poll by Manulife Financial.

February 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Finally, the labor market trend has turned, with the unemployment rate dropping to 5.6% in January, according to the Department of Labor (DoL).

February 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Venture capital fundraising is stabilizing, according to data from research firm VentureOne.

February 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is stepping down from her post at the end of the...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FRI Corporation has launched version 4.0 of the portfolio management and accounting application, Raison SPS - for money managers and institutional investors.

January 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The cost of employing workers grew over the fourth quarter - but at a slower rate than in the previous quarter, according to...