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April 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although fewer and fewer companies are offering traditional pension plans in their benefits packages, they're still filling their benefits bags with a host...

April 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-The Department Of Labor's recent decision to formally sanction electronic transfers of plan information, including Summary Plan Descriptions (SPDs), has been applauded by industry insiders.

April 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The first industry-specific guidelines to reduce ergonomic-related injuries and illnesses will be developed for nursing homes, the US Department of Labor (DoL) announced.

April 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Making Doug Fabian's latest mutual fund "Lemon List" is a dubious honor at best, but at least fund families on the First Quarter...

April 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's been one week up, one week down for initial jobless claims numbers, and the latest data release from the Department of Labor...

April 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investor sentiment was on the up in March, with around $29.6 billion in new money flowing into equity mutual funds, the biggest monthly...

April 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate executives believe that their companies need to be faster and more agile in order to succeed, and that the HR department plays...

April 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small businesses are less likely to offer health insurance benefits than larger ones, and small employers that don't offer health plans are also...

April 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 58% of affluent Americans surveyed, who are still working, participate in retirement plans such as 401Ks, 403bs and Keoghs, a new study...

April 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A whopping 85% of employees believe that their employer should offer pre-negotiated savings on health-care services that are not being covered by their...

April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As a global economic recovery showed further signs of taking hold in March, UK pension and life insurance investors increased their equity weightings...

April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - James J. Mitchell, President--Worldwide Operations and Technology at Northern Trust, will retire on May 31.

April 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President George Bush has named three members of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) Advisory Committee.

April 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total global hedge fund assets are expected to grow 26% in 2002, according to a survey from Goldman Sachs Prime Brokerage.

April 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While hedge funds have outperformed the broader markets on a year-to-date basis, they lagged the major market indices in March, data from Credit...

April 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an ambivalent stock market environment, the Average US Hedge Fund returned 1.4% net of fees in the first quarter of the year,...

April 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If the experiences of the giant California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) prove as much of a bellwether as they have in the...

April 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Responding to the growth in popularity of exchange traded funds in Europe, Dow Jones launched seven European Country Titan indices.

April 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US hedge funds lagged the broader market, rising 1.79% in March, compared to a 3.07% return on the S&P 500 Index, according to...

December 28, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund investors are increasingly comfortable with online advice, but the personal touch still enjoys an overwhelming advantage according to a new survey...