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January 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of newly-unemployed Americans lining up for benefits for the first time fell again this week, dropping from 451,000 to 395,000 in...

October 24, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) wants to know what you think about modifications to its guidelines to make them comparable...

October 25, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In yet another investment manager consolidation, Franklin Resources has agreed to acquire Fiduciary Trust Company International in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately...

October 25, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ethyl Corporation will terminate - and then "restart" - its defined benefit plan for salaried employees on January 1, retrieving a $200 million...

October 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Borrowing a page from a competitor's playbook, UAL Corp. has hired Aon Corp. to manage the company stock in its 401(k) plans while...

January 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 22% of respondents in a survey of members of the Profit Sharing Council of America (PSCA) offer investment advice to participants in...

January 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits managers saw increased employee cost sharing as the most successful method for controlling health plan benefit costs in 2001, a survey by...

September 13, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Zurich Financial Services Group and Deutsche Bank AG have confirmed they are in talks for Deutsche to acquire Zurich Scudder Investments.

January 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index increased by 1.6% in December 2001, bringing its year-to-date return to 4% net of fees, significantly outperforming most...

January 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian and international investment managers expect improved economic conditions for Canada this year, according to a market forecast survey by Towers Perrin.

January 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite cutting the interest rate aggressively, the global central banks failed to prop up the world equity market in 2001, which lost 17%...

September 25, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TrustMark has gone wireless with the addition of Pocket Innovator, which users of the TrustMark 3 Daily Innovator Defined Contribution recordkeeping system can...

September 25, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MFS Retirement Services will offer a self-directed participant investment option through an agreement with DLJdirect, the online brokerage service of Donaldson, Lufkin &...

September 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, who occupied the 37th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, are vowing...

August 13, 2001(Plansponsor.com)- First Union Benefits Services Group has unveiled a number of plan sponsor-oriented enhancements to its Evergreen 401(k) now product, including eligibility calculation and negative enrollment.

August 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors in the Arrive Education Savings plan now have a new set of investment choices with the offering of 14 mutual fund portfolios.

August 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of smaller plans, in search of a daily valuation plan with a diversified list of mutual fund options, can now consider The...

August 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Lawyers for Wal-Mart Stores are trying to get a record gender discrimination suit filed against the retail giant dismissed or transferred to a federal...

August 25, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aon Consulting will acquire Somerset, NJ-based Actuarial Sciences Associates (ASA) in a stock swap.

August 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought and settled its first-ever case of "portfolio pumping" on Friday, censuring and assessing fines of $200,000 each...