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November 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Issuing deliberately vague guidelines, the Internal Revenue Service announced that employers are permitted to deliver their 2001 W-2 forms via e-mail.

November 06, 2001 - Plan sponsors offering flagging company stock might be hit with participant lawsuits, a lawyer warns.

November 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors at small companies now have a new defined contribution option available following the launch of Ziegler Companies, Inc.'s e401(k) platform powered...

November 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard Insurance Company has introduced a new provision called Executive Benefits Income Protection, allowing employers to provide enhanced long-term disability coverage for executives...

November 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Carol Galley, COO of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) underwent further cross-examination by Unilever's lawyers in the consumer goods giant's £130 million negligence...

November 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Problems with participants loading up on company stock in their defined contribution plan have led one retirement industry figure to propose giving workers...

June 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush has picked Jo Anne Barnhart, an experienced government administrator and Republican insider, to head the Social Security Administration, according to White...

June 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frank Russell Company has posted the preliminary results of its annual reconstitution process that will rebalance the firm's 21 US equity indexes, including...

October 18, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Automobile Dealers & Associates Retirement Trusts (NADART) has picked mPower to provide online financial advice to the 150,000 members of its...

September 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Schoolhouse Capital LLC and New York Life Investment Management are teaming up to offer a ``Section 529'' college savings plan designed for investors...

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%...