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May 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fortune 500 employers are getting tough on health care costs, squeezing suppliers, dropping carriers and cutting their level of contributions to better manage...

September 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Online bond trader ValuBond has added Barra's Bond Express bond database, expanding the offerings available to ValuBond users from 2,000 to around 17,000.

September 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments- retirement plan participants will soon be able to conduct Internet transactions via phones, pagers, and other wireless equipment.

September 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has taken over the underfunded pension plans of bankrupt Northwestern Steel and Wire Co.

September 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Good as its word, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued sample plan amendments for the pension provisions of EGTRRA, the Economic Growth...

May 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds couldn't keep up with surging stock markets in April, according to the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index.

September 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Value funds are chalking up the strongest returns among domestic equity funds so far this year, Standard & Poor's reported Wednesday.

May 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unit investment trusts totaled $7.44 billion in March, compared to $5.1 recorded in the same period last year, according to figures from the...

May 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans spent nearly 19% more on prescription drugs last year on top of a similar increase the prior 12 months, according to a...

May 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments on Tuesday announced the appointment of two executives to its FundsNetwork mutual fund supermarket.

August 17, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - RT Capital Management has lost a net C$1 billion in assets ($768 million) since the settlement of the stock trading scandal and appointment...

May 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Consultant Frank Russell said Tuesday it had appointed Fidelity International to help manage two European equity funds in Russell's multi-manager fund product.

August 17, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance has joined the growing list of providers to offer its 401(k) customers access to self-directed brokerage accounts.

August 16, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Life Benefit Services has unveiled a new communications program to help participants better understand and appreciate their pension plan.

May 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of large US employers that are trimming their contributions to their employee healthcare premiums is increasing, a survey recently found.

July 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lehman Brothers plans to trim the weight of Japanese government bonds (JGB) in its Global Aggregate and Asia-Pacific indices, effective January 2002.

July 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate investment in venture capital investments plunged 81% in the first quarter, a victim of a shaky market, recession concerns, uninspiring valuations, a...

July 17, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors will find a bit more leeway in handling distributions, thanks to Revenue Ruling 2000-36. Currently, most plans simply distribute small distributions...

July 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates has launched the Hewitt Plan Sponsor Sight, an online benefits management support tool and knowledge network.

July 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee benefits pros at insurance agencies and brokerage firms now have a new voice through the Council of Employee Benefits Executives (CEBE).