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March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees of companies who have their retirement plans with CIGNA Retirement & Investment Services will also soon have a new option in saving...

March 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - mPower has expanded its education/content to include participants of 403(b) and 457 defined contribution plans, which include teachers, medical workers, non-profit employees and...

March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former executive at Muriel Siebert & Co. has charged in a lawsuit that he was discriminated against in pay and promotions because...

March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new bill recently introduced in the House would require company executives to disclose insider stock sales to plan sponsors within 24 hours...

March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York State Thruway toll collector who repeatedly punched a motorist in the face when she didn't paid the correct toll, was...

March 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers with underfunded plans - or those not sure if they qualify - can check out a new worksheet from the Pension Benefit...

March 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As expected, President Bush signed a repeal of the new OSHA workplace safety regulations, noting they posed "overwhelming compliance challenges" for businesses.

March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Finally, after months of wrangling, the US Senate approved an economic stimulus plan that provides pension interest rate and premium relief, extends unemployment...

March 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over 3/4 of employees have access to financial planning services in their workplace - and more than 70% of the remaining 24% would...

March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Women executives may often earn more than their spouse and invest an average $300,000 annually - but that doesn't mean they like doing...

March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US hedge-fund managers, wrestling with the issue of how much portfolio information they should be required to disclose, are going overseas for input.

March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Median returns for mid-size defined benefit pension funds in the Independent Consultants Cooperative (ICC) Universe last year were lower than in 2000, according...

March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A long-running sex-discrimination battle with the nation's largest rent-to-own company has ended with an agreement by Rent-A-Center to pay more than 5,000 women...

March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New UK legislation regulating how companies liquidate their pension funds, which takes effect in April, is expected to speed up payments to plan...

March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of corporate bankruptcies is slowly edging down, but is still stubbornly clinging to levels high above the historical averages, according to...

February 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Union Bank of Switzerland is finalizing its consolidation plans by combining Mitchell Hutchins Asset Management Inc. with the bank's existing asset management business.

February 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of current and former employees of Providian Financial Corp. have filed an ERISA fraud lawsuit against the credit card issuer, charging...

February 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York pension fund consultant has admitted guilt in a federal charge of paying kickbacks to a Teamsters pension fund trustee, according...

February 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation's largest pension fund with over $165 billion in assets, has completed its international manager...

February 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's getting so you need a scorecard to keep up with the plethora of pension protection proposals emanating from Congress. Yesterday Senator Paul...