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Hewitt Outlines Plan Expense Issues

June 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ?Labor Department officials have "substantially liberalized" rules governing how much sponsors can charge back to their plan for participant communications, a consultant group says.
Compliance |

Senate, House Make PBOR Moves

June 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After a full day of discussion Wednesday, the Senate will likely move closer to some consideration of the patients' bill of rights legislation...
Products |

New Tool Tracks IPS Compliance

May 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors now have an online means of monitoring plan investments against their investment policy statement, courtesy of a new product from Walker...
Benefits |

Boeing Dispute Still Before Mediators

September 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Boeing Co.'s mechanics union will keep talking with a team of federal mediators in an attempt to avoid a strike until it "tells...
Products |

Northern Trust To Offer Wireless 401k Access

May 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust Retirement Consulting (NTRC) is cutting the wires, expanding its Retirement Passport to include wireless applications for 401(k) plan participants.
Products |

NYLIM Adopts One Retirement Market Name

May 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an effort to simplify its identity in all parts of the retirement plan services market, New York Life Investment Management LLC (NYLIM)...
Products |

mPower, S&P Join Forces

May 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - mPower and Standard & Poor's have formed a strategic alliance that will bring S&P's Retirement Services business, including advice technology, products and customers...
Investing |

SDBA Participants "Fix-ated" In Q2

September 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in self-directed accounts mirrored the motions of the market in the second quarter, shirking stocks and heading for the relative safety of...
Administration |

New Hedge Fund Launches Decline

May 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The pace of global hedge fund launches cooled considerably during the first quarter of 2002, a possible sign that the alternative investment market...
Products |

New Benefits Administration Services Announced

(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Colonial Supplemental Insurance says its new Employer Services benefits administration service package may save companies time and money - particularly smaller firms with a limited HR...