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September 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -- vFinance, Inc. an investment banking and brokerage firm, has acquired Critical Advisors, the hedge fund management company for the Critical Infrastructure Funds.

September 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide Financial now offers online enrollment for its The BEST of AMERICA Group Pension Series, the company announced Thursday.

September 18, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor Leslie Kramerich says recent attempts to lower restrictions on offering investment advice to plan participants are not needed,...

August 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A record $8.4 billion in new assets flowed into hedge funds in the second quarter as investors continued to seek returns uncorrelated with...

August 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investors, hedge funds and broker dealers who short stocks can now find prices via Lehman Brother's online stock loan platform, LehmanLive.

August 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Manulife Financial Corporation's annuity division has introduced Venture III, a variable annuity program designed for investors in or nearing retirement seeking a more...

August 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mitsubishi once again finds itself under fire for behaviors at its plant in Normal, Illinois. This time five former supervisors have charged that...

August 6, 2001 PLANSPONSOR.com) - Waltham, Massachusetts-based e-service provider GoldK is acquiring third-party administrator (TPA) A.C.G. Associates.

August 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citigroup has formed a new unit that will act as a "matchmaker" between hedge funds and potential clients.

June 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Average US Hedge Fund returned 1.7% net of fees, outperforming the Nasdaq and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which returned minus 0.2%...

June 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush will nominate Susan Bies, a Tennessee bank official, as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, according to a...

August 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A record $8.4 billion in new assets flowed into hedge funds in the second quarter as investors continued to seek returns uncorrelated with...

June 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although it has found no evidence that institutional customers are suffering from the switch to decimal pricing, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)...

June 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trading was suspended for almost four hours today at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) following a glitch in recently installed trading software.

June 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - How good are companies at acknowledging top performers? A recent survey says not good enough.

June 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers spent $5.3 trillion on total compensation in 1999, with wages and salaries accounting for 84% and benefits making up the remainder, according...

July 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Internal Revenue Service has published draft revisions of determination letter application forms on the Employee Plans Corner section of its Web site.

June 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new section of HealthPartner's Web site provides members with an easy way to review their current medical and dental benefits and well...

June 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the screaming headlines, last year the high-tech industry added a net 234,761 jobs - a 4.6% increase from a year earlier.

June 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost 60% of CEOs don't use outside help in their personal financial planning efforts, which they aim most often at funding their retirement,...