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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.

September 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The $50 billion flagship Janus Fund has closed to new investors, effective immediately.

January 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to an anxiously awaited SEC report, there is little difference in the spreads on very large company trades, regardless of if they...

January 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds managed to outperform broader US equity markets for the second year in a row, as measured by the Hennessee Hedge Fund...

January 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With a growing number of boomers nearing retirement, employers are reevaluating strategies for managing the impact, according to a new study.

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The gaps between the two sides of the patients' bill of rights seem to be drawing closer, but will it be close enough...

Washington DC, August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors worried about that "expiration date" on pension reform can perhaps breathe a little easier in the wake of comments...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Monday New Jersey's acting governor, Donald T. DiFrancesco, signed a new patients' bill of rights into law.

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian plan sponsors who are clients of Buck Consulting can now gain a new perspective on the risk return picture following the group's...

Washington, August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors hoping for guidance on the implementation of the new pension reform provisions have a friend at Treasury - Benefits Tax...

January 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most employers are going above and beyond the requirements of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), but employees aren't making it easy,...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) and the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) have teamed up to provide educational tools and research to...