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August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plan investors now have a new tool to help them track down no-load mutual funds.

August 29, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Diversified Investment Advisors will offer a self-directed brokerage 401(k) account option that will allow each plan participant to pick their own broker.

August 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Muslim retirement plan participants may be interested in subscribing to a new equity screening service, which identifies listed companies that are compliant with...

August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite some last-minute goading by the GOP, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota) says the Senate will wait until after Labor Day...

August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut) has introduced a new bill that attempts to deal with executive abuses without discouraging the use of options to...

August 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Company stock has always been something of a mixed blessing for 401(k) plans, with plan sponsors torn between a desire for employee ownership...

May 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in employee stock purchase plans have about the same level of satisfaction with the program, but those in stock-option arrangements appear to...

August 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Florida State Board of Administration has reopened the bidding for its new defined-contribution pension plan, just a week after having cut the...

May 8, 2002(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many workers are more concerned about balancing their families and their careers than they are about being laid off, a new survey finds.

August 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com-The nation's largest public pension system suffered a 7.2% loss last year, with bonds and real estate gains offsetting the impact of a slumping stock...

August 29, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock grants now make up more than half (55%) of outside directors' pay packages, up from 50% in 1998 according to a new...

August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Now that IBM has just shelled out $2.7 billion for PWC's consulting business, several institutional investors are now questioning if PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PWC)...

August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Its $9 million lost investment may be a fraction of its total assets, but the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) is taking...

July 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new rule put out by the Internal Revenue Service rubber stamps the actions of plan sponsors who made required 2001 minimum distributions...

July 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The dismissal of a recruitment firm's appeal by a San Francisco court means that the firm must delete some of the small print...

May 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US worker productivity chugged ahead of analyst expectations, at a rate of 8.6% in the first quarter - its best performance in almost...

May 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The beat goes on for small-cap value fund investments, according to Standard & Poor's, with a third consecutive year of strong showings.

May 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the Federal Open Market Committee kept their target for the federal funds rate, the rate at which banks lend to banks...

July 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aon Consulting has acquired MoreBenefits.com Corp., an online employee benefits and human resources services provider based in New York.

July 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost two-thirds of the UK's FTSE 350 companies' pension funds are in deficit if measured under FRS 17 accounting rules, according Mercer Human...