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May 24, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan participants could soon have the ability to be intra-day traders, SunGard Employee Benefit Systems President David Kennedy told PLANSPONSOR.com.

May 24, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors looking for a way to tap into the small and mid-sized private equity markets will soon be able to access a...

April 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a surprising move, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy Thompson today announced the HHS health information privacy regulations will go into...

April 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After agreeing to halt the genetic testing of its employees, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad has pledged to advocate against genetic screening in...

December 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move expected to save $25 million per year, Visteon Corp is slashing its 60% match to employee retirement accounts for its...

April 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With many companies restructuring, employment lawyers are seeing a jump in options-related disputes, as both employers and employees re-examine the promises made during...

December 4, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kent Buckles has been appointed President and CEO of retirement financial services group Investmart, effective immediately.

December 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey conducted by Catalyst found that an increasing number of the 500 largest U.S. companies have appointed women as board directors over...

December 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the face of an economic slowdown, 69% of companies are not offering holiday bonuses this year compared to 64% last year, a...

April 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bank One has formed an alliance with Fidelity, offering a co-branded 401(k) product to the marketplace.

April 24, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tuesday, the eyes of the pension industry will be on the results of an IBM-employee-backed shareholder resolution urging that IBM provide fair and...

April 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Shareholders of the Strong Family of Funds will get to vote on a new advisory agreement between each fund and Strong Capital Management, which...

March 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Real estate is now the best performing UK asset class over both one year and three years following the equity market tumble last...

March 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congressmen Rob Portman (R-Oh) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) will re-introduce pension reform legislation in the House of Representatives March 14.

March 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of employer respondents to a new Hewitt survey have considered, or are considering, adding a self-directed brokerage window for their...

March 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Third Circuit has reinstated for trial the claims of some 20,000 Unisys retirees, which had been dismissed by the district court in...

March 12, 2001 (HedgeWorld.com)—The Bank for International Settlements this week released a report on the use of collateral to manage counterparty risk in terms of creditworthiness and liquidity.

February 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The worldwide expansion of defined contribution pension plans has been slower than anticipated, but still grew at 17% over the past four years,...

February 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Union Bank of California has launched a truly self-directed brokerage account for 401(k) participants, allowing them to choose their own broker, as well...

February 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Smaller plans with a preference for third-party administrators can now tap into the expertise of MassMutual Retirement Services.