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February 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ICMA Retirement Corporation will offer its clients online financial advice and guidance via mPower's Personal Advisor service.

February 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) backed a move by General Electric Co. to block a shareholder proposal to increase pensions from its...

January 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has proposed regulations that would simplify the minimum distribution rules for qualified plans (incl. 403bs and 457s) and IRAs.

January 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal securities regulators announced Wednesday they have adopted a new rule aimed at preventing investors from being misled by deceptive names of mutual...

January 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Individual retirement account (IRA) assets grew almost 22% between 1998-1999, reaching $2.47 trillion and topping the assets in both private pension and defined...

May 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets in exchange traded funds (ETFs) totaled $85.8 billion in April, a 2.7% drop from the previous month, according to the Investment Company...

May 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors added a net $5.6 billion in assets to hedge funds in the first quarter of 2002, ending 2001's record growth pace, according...

May 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- The Vanguard Group has announced that Ernst von Metzsch, portfolio manager of the Vanguard Wellington fund, among others, will retire at the end of...

May 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans increasingly go online to search for medical information, a new survey found.

May 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The doors at Dot.com companies were spinning at top speed in May as the number of layoffs tripled, new statistics show.

May 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A union representing 2,000 of the US Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) 3,000 employees is battling with the agency over how to spend...

May 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There were 1,507 mass layoff actions in April involving at least 50 workers from a single company, with cuts in temporary workforces leading...

May 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock mutual funds attracted just $11.7 billion in new money in April, down significantly from the $29.6 billion in net inflows in March,...

May 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although the number of Americans seeking initial unemployment benefits fell for the second straight week, workers appear to be staying unemployed longer.

May 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the introduction of a new trading program that will allow traders to execute trades from their desktops, the Big Board will put...

May 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Net flows into stock and bond funds totaled $22 billion during April 2002, slightly more than the $20.8 billion net intake in the...

May 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Puffing up one's resume is apparently a pretty common thing, according to the latest New York Times job survey.

May 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers are generally still loyal to their employers, but the strength of that feeling varies greatly from country to country and among different...

May 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers are spending less time at their desks - and more time standing - according to the Steelcase Workplace Index Survey.

May 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Knowledge of business fundamentals is the most important skill that a human resources professional can bring to the table, a survey found.