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March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies had better start moving aggressively to cut health care costs with help from their employees or they could face a doubling of...

August 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of First Health Group Corp's health benefit plans can soon have their claims processed and paid online via the PayerPath Claims Management...

August 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors may find it easier to help participants obtain investment advice if pension reformers U.S. Representatives. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Ben Cardin...

August 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Their new joint venture with German state-owned Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen (Helaba) will provide a new distribution channel for Northern Trust's asset management products, according...

August 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS Asset Management has completed its acquisition of RT Capital Management, the institutional pension fund management division of the Royal Bank of Canada.

July 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates has won the recordkeeping business of technology giant IBM, according to sources.

July 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senators John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) and Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania) plan to introduce legislation to protect workers from on-the-job religious discrimination.

July 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued new life expectancy tables to use in determining required minimum distributions.

July 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors and providers may now find it easier to gain approval for an exception from prohibited transaction rules under new guidelines.

March 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of the newly unemployed applying for unemployment benefits dipped last week, according to new data from the Department of Labor.

March 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Soft markets provided fertile ground for hedge fund growth in 2001, according to the Annual Hennessee Hedge Fund Manager Survey.

March 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - NYLIM Retirement Plan Services has tapped a new leader for its small-business retirement plans, as well as a new head of marketing and...

July 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The total average salary of a chief financial officer (CFO) rose 9.3% this year, nearly twice as much as the 4.9% growth in...

July 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian securities regulators have initiated a "street sweep," demanding trading records from pension systems and mutual fund companies. The action comes in the...

July 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street has finally found a way in to the hedge fund business, having reached an agreement to acquire International Fund Services, a...

March 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About half of the plans responding to a new survey currently require their company match to be invested in stock, and 72% of...

June 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in Prudential Retirement Services retirement plans can now access their 401(k), 403(b) and 457 plan information, via Web-enabled cellular phones.

June 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's has launched a new index for American Depository Receipts (ADRs) that will allow institutional investors to better track performance.

June 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has expanded its stock option offerings to include full plan administration for plan sponsors seeking help managing their employee stock option...

June 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an effort to beef up its alternative investment lineup for US and overseas investors, the Orbitex Financial Services Group has formed a...