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October 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has appointed Stephen Cutler as Enforcement Director.

October 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of employees who telecommute in the US increased by almost 17% to 28.8 million over the last year, according to a...

October 25, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) The employment cost index, a gauge of what employers pay in wages, salaries and benefits, increased by 1% in the third quarter of this year,...

October 24, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants aren't taking advantage of a number of Medicare education tools, according to a report by Mathematica Policy Research Group.

October 24, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Securian Financial Group has named Patrick A Mazorol chief executive of Securian Trust Company, a unit to be formed following Securian?s purchase of the...

October 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The September terrorist attacks brought the economy to a standstill followed by a short period of reduced economic activity, according to the Federal...

October 23, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - White, overweight, working women, earn less money than their thinner counterparts, according to new research from Cornell University.

October 22, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ford Motor Company informed its employees via e-mail that its Model E employee computer plan has been discontinued, according to a report in the...

October 22, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets invested in exchange traded funds (ETF) totaled $64.35 billion at the close of September, down dramatically from $72.08 billion a month earlier,...

October 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though total US pension fund assets fell by just over 7%, the largest institutional funds aren't making major changes to their long-term...

October 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors pulled a record $32 billion from stock mutual funds in September, according to preliminary data from fund tracker Lipper. More than $6...

October 19, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - While many employers are reluctant to cut benefits, in the face of ever-increasing healthcare costs, a growing number plan to take steps to increase...

October 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Against a weakening economic backdrop, more Americans lined up for first time unemployment benefits last week, newly released data from the Department of...

October 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time in nearly thirty years, the number of working US moms with infants is dropping.

October 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The assets in Fidelity's Magellan fund have declined 23% since the beginning of the year and total $71.6 billion as of September 30.

October 17, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Human resources professionals charged with scheduling shifts, may find the results of two recent studies linking women who work the night shift with an...

October 16, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - While some $450 billion is currently invested in hedge funds, only 20% of the plans surveyed invest in these vehicles, according to a new...

October 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time in its 22-year history, members of the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) have elected a leadership slate made up...

October 15, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian mutual fund values fell in line with the equity market last month, ratcheting up a double-digit loss.

October 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index fell by 0.8% in September 2001, outperforming most major US equity indices, and bringing year to date returns to...