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December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Though the landmark case between Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) and the Unilever Superannuation Fund (USF) is now closed, it has left the...

December 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in multi-employer retirement plans will get a bit more security, thanks to an increase in the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation's guarantee limit.

December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Except for 10 days when it was switching 401(k) recordkeepers, retirement plan participants could transfer their contributions from Enron's company stock into 19...

December 14, 2001 - (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A nurse's allergic reaction to latex does not qualify as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a federal jury...

December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move that will affect over 40,000 retirement plan participants, General Motors Corp (GM) will slash its matching contribution to 401(k) retirement...

December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee of giant computer chipmaker Intel has lost another round in his fight to send office e-mail to Intel workers.

December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Looking into the crystal ball, most Chief Financial Officers see modest year-end bonuses, a pickup in hiring and are more optimistic about the...

December 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US stock market Nasdaq has announced the launch of EQQQ, a European version of its QQQ exchange-traded fund (ETF), according to a Reuters...

December 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Manulife Investments is now offering a family of guaranteed interest contract (GIC) instruments available to Canadian investors through financial advisors.

December 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Treasury services personnel can now tap into a new "event manager" capability for Mellon Global Cash Management's Mellon iTelecash service.

December 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Monument Securities has launched a new pan-European equities hedge fund, according to a Dow Jones report.

December 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Softscape has announced the launch of AchievementPlus version 9.0, its newest version of Web-based human capital management (HCM) software.

November 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - One-third of American parents have not started a college savings program for their children, of these, two thirds can't afford to do so, which...

November 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the close of its $1 billion acquisition of the asset management business of Liberty Financial Cos Inc, Fleet Asset Management will take on...

November 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Florida state pension officials decided to increase the number of private investment companies that will have a shot at selling defined contribution plans to...

November 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the average number of investment options provided was 14, participants are only using about a third of the available options - at...

November 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - AMP, an Australian financial services company, will begin offering an online financial planning and advice service, called My Plan, powered by technology from DirectAdvice.

(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a promising fourth quarter, the year opened poorly for pension plans, with liabilities increasing by 1.59% in January, while assets decreased by 0.87%, according to...

February 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets held in separately managed accounts increased by 12.8% in the fourth quarter of 2001, and fell by less than 0.5% over the...

February 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last year, global assets under management edged up by a scant 0.2%, or less than $100 billion, according to estimates from consultant Cerulli...