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May 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund assets held in employer-sponsored retirement plans totaled $1.2 trillion in 2000, a drop of 4% from a year earlier, according to...

May 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon Financial Corporation announced that Christopher M "Kip" Condron, president and head of its mutual fund business, has resigned to join French insurer,...

May 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A large amount of US workers feel overworked and overwhelmed by their workload, a survey released Wednesday shows.

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds underperformed equities in April, with the CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index posting a narrow 0.7% increase.

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Average US Hedge Fund gained just 2.5% net in April, as US stock markets enjoyed a respite, according to Van Hedge Fund...

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - First-quarter commitments to venture capital funds decreased 32% from last quarter, according to a report from Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital...

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As anticipated, the Federal Open Market Committee Tuesday cut the Fed Funds rate by 50 basis points in a continuing effort to boost...

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While almost 72% of workers are concerned about the increasing unemployment rate, nearly half believe that they could find a job within a...

May 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsor members of the Profit Sharing 401(k) Council of America (PSCA) now have access to bi-lingual educational and enrollment materials for Spanish-speaking...

May 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - America continued to assert itself in the ranking of the worlds' wealthiest, no doubt helped along by burgeoning 401(k) investments and stock options,...

May 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Senate has confirmed Ann Laine Combs? appointment to the position of Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Pension and Welfare Benefits...

May 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bush administration is ready to nominate candidates for two key government positions, including head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

December 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Unilever Superannuation Fund (USF)'s landmark suit against Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) was suspended today, according to a report in the Wall...

December 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick remarked that proposals by steel companies to have the federal government cover some pension and retiree health care...

December 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Manulife Financial introduced a college savings calculator, which compares the potential tax benefits between keeping college savings in UGMA/UTMA accounts, versus transferring the assets...

December 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Yield Curve Solutions (YCS), a third party lending agent, has developed a new index to help plan sponsors and money managers measure their Canadian...

December 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - OmniCare Health Plan has a new Web site, focused on the information needs of employers, as well as providers and member agents.

December 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- Charging that Houston energy trader Enron's economic problems represented a "grotesque fraud," Amalgamated Bank on Wednesday sought to freeze the bank accounts of Enron...

November 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate version of a mental health parity amendment is likely to increase costs - and decrease coverage of mental health treatments, according...

November 17, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Time Warner has settled a lawsuit with the Department of Labor for $5.5 million. The DOL had alleged that Time had illegally denied...