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May 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In addition to its many other fiscal woes, UAL Corp. must also cope with $2.5 billion in unfunded pension liabilities.

May 30, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The universe of financial advice providers expanded Tuesday with the announcement that E*trade's 2.6 million customers will get access to a new service...

May 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former chairman of the board of the Baptist Foundation of Arizona (BFA) denied Friday that he had been tipped off early to...

May 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Hancock Funds has joined the owner-only section of the retirement plan market with the launch of an individual 401(k) plan.

May 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of private pension plans increased 3% in 1997 to 720,000, the largest percentage increase since 1986. A 15% increase in 401(k)...

May 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Online RFP provider 401kExchange has teamed up with service provider Emplanet in a deal designed to offer financial advisors broader access to sales...

May 30, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most 401(k) plan participants, regardless of age, are taking lump-sum cash payments when changing jobs rather than rolling over the money into their...

May 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee benefit that provides legal, financial planning and independent living services for workers who take care of their elders has been introduced...

May 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AMVESCAP is merging its INVESCO Private Capital and Sovereign Financial Services units to better focus their resources on private equity partnership investing, AMVESCAP...

May 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ProFund Advisors has launched four new funds - two benchmarked to the US long bond and two equity, short funds.

May 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US convertible bond market is sizzling. Overall issuance in this market reached $14.5 billion, a new monthly record, after Merrill Lynch &...

May 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group is offering a new employee health care program.

June 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The top five investment managers of the UK's segregated pension funds saw the value of their businesses plummet in 2001, a survey by...

May 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial representatives and retirement plan consultants may find it easier to get plan information from a redesigned Web site unveiled by NYLIM Retirement...

June 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Andrew Blumberg, president of Nelson Information, a Thomson Financial unit, is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities, according to a press release.

June 4 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although terrorism has caught the minds of most of the American public, workplace violence still leads the list of US security professionals' worries,...

June 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small Businesses will spend around $50 billion on human resource related services in 2002, a new survey by Access Markets International (AMI) Partners...

April 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Third party administrators (TPAs) using TRUSTlynx services can now conduct late-day trading and same-day cross-fund family exchanges, offering plan sponsor clients more flexibility...

April 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Increased liquidity, more accurate pricing and new investment resources will be available to clients of PrivateTrade, thanks to the launch of its new...

April 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Treasurers and institutional investors can now tap into a new Web site from Citibank offering bond and collateral performance data on structured finance...