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May 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate finance executives have a new weapon in their anti-takeover arsenal. Lloyd's of London has introduced a new insurance product designed to protect...

May 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plan balances may escape creditor clutches, after all. A controversial pension plan waiver provision will be removed from the pending bankruptcy reform...

November 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investor marketplace eFrontiers.com is close to shutting its doors less than a year after launching its website, president Steve Cohen told PLANSPONSOR.com.

November 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Liberty Financial effectively put out a "for sale" sign yesterday, the latest in a series of fund manager ownership shifts, even as it...

November 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J.P. Morgan/American Century Retirement Plan Services is launching its new Web site for retirement plan sponsors, including a customizable homepage and access to...

October 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors now have a better way to communicate misunderstood and sometimes underappreciated pension benefits. For the first time ever, a defined benefit...

October 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The General Accounting Office (GAO) is expected to issue a report urging the Internal Revenue Service to stop approving cash balance plans until...

August 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Express Retirement Services has introduced online trading for self-directed brokerage accounts through American Express Brokerage.

May 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors will be able to benchmark their managers more quickly with new risk measures to be published by Russell/Mellon Analytical Services and...

December 1, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trustar Retirement Services has expanded its Internet and voice response services, and now offers participants the ability to rebalance their accounts automatically each...

December 1, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Royal Trust has unveiled a new Web-based service, offering plan sponsors customizable access to securities information and reporting.

December 1, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has announced changes to its premium regulations to make things easier for sponsors of defined benefit pension...

November 1, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Transamerica Retirement Services will offer Financial Engines Investment Advisor service to Transamerica's defined contribution participants.

November 1, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate has once again put off a floor vote on HR 2614, the tax bill that contains pension reform legislation and several...

November 1, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It looks like Congress is going to wait until after the election to deal with pension reform, following the Senate's passage of a...

September 1, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mid-market plan sponsors might want to take a closer look at their third-party service providers based on a new survey.

September 1, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued final regulations that permit defined contribution plans to eliminate some alternate forms of payment, as long as...

August 1, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When money managers are acquired, plan sponsors may be voting with their feet, according to data from a survey conducted by Cerulli Associates....