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August 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Manulife Financial has unveiled new online tools that will allow retirement plan participants to download transaction information from their 401(k) account into into...

August 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group and Golden Retirement Resources have teamed up to launch a program aimed at helping retirees manage their retirement income.

August 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - GoldK, a retirement plan provider, has established a partnership with 401Konnect, an online marketplace designed to automate the marketing and sales of retirement...

August 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ford has selected Fidelity Investments to administer the automaker's $40 billion defined-benefit pension plan, servicing about 300,000 active employees and retirees, according to...

August 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? President Bush and Representative Charles Norwood (R-Georgia) say they have reached agreement on the approach for the passage of a patients' bill of...

May 10, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard&Poor's expects to hear soon whether the Department of Labor grants it a Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) for its retirement investment advice software.

August 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Broader access to participant investment advice took another step forward Thursday, as the Employer-Employee Relations (EER) Subcommittee approved the Retirement Security Advice Act...

February 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees who receive personalized statements contribute 0.85% more of their salary to the 401(k) plan on average, compared with employees who don't receive...

February 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average 401(k) account balance rose 18% in 1999, buoyed by both contributions and the stock market - but significant gaps remain between...

July 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New features planned for American Century Investments- Web site allows retail investors to perform account management activities, including redemptions, online.

July 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans now have $1.8 trillion invested in foreign stock, compared to $198 billion a decade ago.

February 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Robert Angelica, chairman and chief executive officer of the AT&T Investment Management Corporation, was elected chairman of the Committee on the Investment of...

February 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American companies announced a record number of layoffs in January, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

February 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tight labor markets are apparently resulting in wide differences, both regionally and demographically, in benefit packages.

July 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The Senate got to go home for the Fourth of July recess, having passed the amended McCain-Kennedy-Edwards patients' bill of rights by a...

July 14, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Ways and Means Committee has approved the Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act. The bill, which now goes to the...

July 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has outlined changes to the determination letter process that will allow the agency to better handle the influx...

July 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Even as the US Senate approved a patients' bill of rights, the US Supreme Court said it plans to decide whether states may provide...

July 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors at small and medium size companies in New York State now have the option of using Transamerica Retirement Services as their...

July 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of 403(b) plans can now offer employees a new variable annuity called MassMutual Artistry from MassMutual Financial Group.