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December 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Federal Open Market Committee sliced another quarter percent off its federal funds rate target, to provide the economy with some much-needed stimulus

November 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Along with stocks, hedge funds finally snapped their three-month streak of losses in October, rising 1.27% on average, according to research and consulting firm...

November 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -While nearly 60% of current mutual fund holders made their first such purchase through a defined contribution plan, only about a third today hold...

November 12, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - ADP Employer Services has introduced iPayStatements, which gives employees online access to their payroll information.

November 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Avon Products has teamed up with MONY Benefits Service to introduce a retirement savings program for its 500,000 independent sales representatives in the...

November 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates has released its estimate for the Section 414(q) pay threshold for designating highly compensated employees -- several weeks before the official...

November 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -- Plan sponsors may need to set another place at disciplinary hearings, following the ruling of a federal court.

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Global Investors is combining part of its US defined contribution business with its US Institutional Business channel, according to an internal memo...

December 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Virginia Governor-elect Mark Warner on Monday named William Leighty, director of the Virginia Retirement System (VRS), as his new chief of staff.

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Medicare recipients can sue their HMOs if they are wrongly denied necessary medical treatment, the US Supreme Court ruled as the justices...

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The trial of a waitress who has sued her employer for allegedly breaking a promise could wind up today in Panama City, Florida.

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a case brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), US Supreme Court justices argued amongst themselves over the government's role in...

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Failing a last minute respite, the long anticipated lawsuit between one of the UK's largest pension funds and a leading fund manager could...

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors in continental Europe are increasingly outsourcing the money management function, a recent study by Greenwich Associates finds.

October 24, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch will outsource the recordkeeping of its small-market defined contribution plans (those with less than $3 million in assets) to BISYS, effective...

December 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Brushing up on a professional skill or going back to school for a higher academic degree are still the keys to getting an...

December 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee health-care costs have skyrocketed 11.2% in 2001 and employers can look forward to more of the same in coming years, a Mercer...

December 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants shifted strongly out of company stock in November, making up nearly 26% of the monthly transfers tracked by the Hewitt 401(k) index.

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has taken over the underfunded pension plan of bankrupt Outboard Marine Corporation, and the benefits administration for...

September 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it rains, it pours, they say -- and the nation's largest employer finds itself presented with yet another employee-based lawsuit.