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October 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has offered some guidance for plan sponsors on the ?saver?s credit,? an income tax credit for lower-income individuals...

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 56% of Canadian women responding to a survey said they have held fast in their investments despite the lingering bear markets and...

October 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, on a party-line vote of 23 to 14, approved a $100 billion package of GOP-drafted tax...

October 15, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Slumping portfolio values and a declining interest rate benchmark have plan sponsors reeling from the one-two punch of higher pension liabilities and declining asset...

October 15, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has declared October 27 ?assistance day? for Silicon Valley taxpayers who can't afford to pay the tax bills stemming from...

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has agreed to pump $264 million into its pension plan as part of an agreement with the federal pension insurer.

October 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A £130 million negligence case brought by Unilever's pension fund against Merrill Lynch's Mercury Asset Management has finally gone to trial in the...

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two of the most active pension reformers in Congress have unveiled their second piece of legislation that would in this case raise the...

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On the day a pension reform proposal was introduced in Congress to postpone required minimum distributions (RMD), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published...

October 15, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates and Frank Russell Company have jointly developed SmartDC, a bundled defined contribution program for large and mid-size companies.

October 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors can now tap into the joint resources of the Technical Answer Group (TAG) and PensionOnline to compare several different plan design...

October 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the launch of a new retirement-planning network, MLConnect, Merrill Lynch Retirement Plan Services hopes to expand its reach into the small and...

October 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate vote on HR 2614 has been pushed back to Tuesday, October 31. HR 2614 is the tax bill containing the bipartisan...

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard Insurance Company has developed a new Web-based tool to help plan sponsors manage participant contribution data.

October 15, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has proposed a new rule that forces firms to deduct the value of employee stock options from their...

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors interested in expanding their investment lineup may want to consider two new equity funds from the American Express Financial Corporation (AEFC).

October 15, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following a review of its business units in the UK, Sun Life Financial Services of Canada has decided to sell its UK subsidiary, Sun...

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar has introduced 16 US Equity indexes and launched a Web site with more index information.

October 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants contribute 6.8% of their pre-tax dollars to their retirement plans, a new study by the Employee Benefits Research Institute and the Investment...

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revamped the portion of its Web site covering retirement plans.