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March 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Performance measurement firm WM has teamed up with US trading cost analysis firm Elkins/McSherry to monitor brokerage charges to pension funds in different...

March 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frank Russell Company has hired Pamela Clancy Rotondo to the new position of Client Sales Executive for its global securities business, focusing on...

March 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers may be underestimating the total costs of employee health conditions by as much as 80%, according to a new study.

September 15, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frank Russell was the consultant of choice among large plan sponsors last year.

March 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most large employers plan to maintain a central role in providing healthcare to their employees despite rising costs, but they may do so...

August 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies owned by private equity investors, or portfolio companies, are increasingly using equity-based compensation packages as senior management incentives, according to a survey.

March 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - America's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) totaled $72.13 billion at the end of January, up 10% from the month before.

August 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsor clients of Xylo Inc, can now offer their participants long-term care policies at discounted rates, thanks to a new partnership between...

August 15, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch Investment Managers has established a new name and brand for its mutual funds sold through third parties.

August 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congress is considering legislation giving tax relief to workers faced with huge tax bills after exercising stock option grants last year.

August 15, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut-based Circle Trust Company (CTC) offers a self-directed brokerage option to its Third Party Administrator (TPA) clients via a new strategic alliance with...

July 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Court of Appeals has denied a petition by Catholic Charities of Sacramento that would allow the group to exclude prescription contraceptive...

July 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -It is often assumed that most relocation packages are given to new hires, but a recent study shows that more than half of the...

March 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average US hedge fund slipped 2.3% in February, outpacing major US stock indexes for the month, according to Van Hedge Fund Advisors...

March 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jim Wironen, formerly President of Morningstar's Institutional division, has joined online advice software provider Acumation as EVP of Sales and Marketing.

March 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants made a slow, but steady push toward less volatile investments in February, shifting money from equities to bonds, stable value and money...

June 15, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an attempt to boost retirement savings among female workers, Sen. John Ashcroft, R-Mo, has introduced a bill that would change pension and...

March 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Medical technology could account for up to a third of the projected increases in US health care spending over the next five years,...

March 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Burkett Huey, Vice President for Benefits at PepsiCo, has been elected chairman of the ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC).

March 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recent college graduates are paying more attention to benefits in their first job. Fortunately for employers, they seem to be interested in the...