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June 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participant loan repayments become assets of an employer retirement plan as soon as they can reasonably be separated from the company's general funds.

May 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While 80% of medium and large employers sponsor a retirement plan, less than half (46%) of firms with less than 100 employees offers...

May 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The best-paid chief corporate financial officers earn more than $600,000 in total annual compensation and tend to work for organizations who employ 10,000...

May 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two-thirds of defined benefit (DB) plan returns fell short of expectations last year, and while most plan sponsors took steps to address the...

April 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former manager of Putnam Investments' defined contribution business, has been named vice president and chief operating officer of the US asset management...

April 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The unemployment rate inched up by 0.2% in March, a further sign that the economic recovery is struggling to take hold.

April 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The month of March is said to come in like a lion - and participant transfer activity certainly perked up during the month,...

May 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Glen Rauch Securities, Inc has introduced a new mutual fund that uses covered call options, to hedge against price volatility.

May 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Universal Pensions, Inc. (UPI) announced the availability of its new version of On-Track, an online financial planning and investment allocation system.

April 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Labor Department will develop voluntary guidelines for certain industries to cut down on workplace injuries, replacing the Clinton-era regulations rejected by Congress...

April 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Desperate times call for desperate measures, and LTV Corp. has proposed cutting pensions and eliminating medical benefits for retirees as part of its...

April 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong Financial Corporation has redesigned its corporate home page.

April 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants rolling their 401(k) distributions to AIM can now track the status of that transfer online.

April 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If the economy rebounds with even half the vigor of past recoveries, the US could return to full employment within 12 months, research...

April 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ADP Brokerage Services Group has expanded its ADP Treasury Service Bureau, offering hedge funds, fund of funds and other alternative fund managers the...

April 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Department of Labor (DoL) officials have made it clear that they're "exceptionally unhappy" with Enron's move to back out of an agreement...

April 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - McDonald's Corporation's recent decision to discontinue its automatic enrollment program raised a few eyebrows. After all, the famed franchise was the first to...

April 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SunTrust Banks, Inc has acquired Asset Management Advisors (AMA), a specialized wealth management firm for an undisclosed amount.

April 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) says it will discontinue the creation of Defined Asset Funds, also known as unit investment trusts (UITs), in...

April 28, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund management fees soared in the first quarter, pumped by a booming stock market and strong asset growth, according to Dow Jones.