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November 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FleetBoston's Fleet Retirement Plan Services has selected Financial Engines to provide investment advice to participants of their defined contribution clients.

November 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - First Union Benefit Services Group (BSG) has launched a new product, the Evergreen Connect k, an internet-based 401(k) product.

November 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wendy Mayall, chief investment officer of Unilever Superannuation Fund (USF) was on the defensive, in the group's £130 million negligence suit against Merrill...

November 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chances that the US Supreme Court will use a long-running Colorado affirmative action dispute to decide the issue's constitutionality appeared to fizzle Wednesday...

November 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - AMIDEX Fund's Cancer Innovations & Healthcare Mutual Fund, the first index-based mutual fund focused on cancer cure companies, is open for business.

November 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unilever Superannuation Fund (USF)'s CIO, Wendy Mayall, failed to reign in the rogue portfolio manager at the center of its £130 negligence case against...

October 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors now have online access to peer data from Judy Diamond Associates, which has just launched JDA Online.

October 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Monday the nation's largest public pension fund will vote to fire a number of investment managers in its first international equity manager...

October 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOr.com) - The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has backed off proposals to increase capital set aside requirements for banks as well as the amount...

October 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has decided against the use of an 'extraordinary item' treatment for losses incurred in connection with the recent...

October 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors now have an additional investment "option" as the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) begins trading options on selected exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

January 10, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Heidi Miller, the former chief financial officer of Priceline.com and Citigroup, is joining Marsh & McLennan as vice chairman of its Marsh Inc....

October 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) -AMIDEX Mutual Funds, Inc. has launched the first index mutual fund that allows investors to support the battle against cancer.

October 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court turned away an appeal by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp (PBGC), upholding a ruling that cuts the pension liability...

October 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors with an eye on alternative investments now have access to audio and video presentations on hedge funds through HedgeWorld.com's new online service, HedgeWorld...

October 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - E*TRADE Group, Inc. launched E*TRADE Stock Baskets, a service that allows E*TRADE's brokerage customers to build a portfolio with a single investment.

October 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors at small companies have a new provider option - GE Financial Assurance's Employer Services Group.

October 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The California Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower court decision that would require Catholic Charities of Sacramento to offer its employees...

October 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) -This week the House Education & the Workforce Committee will conduct its markup on the so-called "Boehner?" bill, which attempts to broaden worker access to...

October 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Labor Department has proposed temporarily waiving prohibited transaction rules to allow investment firms affiliated with retirement plans to make interest-free loans to...