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August 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Hancock Retirement Services will offer self-directed brokerage services to its 401(k) clients via an agreement with DLJdirect, the online brokerage service of...

June 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's parent McGraw-Hill has accused the ever-frugal Vanguard Group with breach of contract, trademark infringement and unfair competition in federal court....

May 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors got new index mutual fund choices Monday from Vanguard, including a social investing index fund and a new institutional fund that...

May 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Signalling a trend, Florida lawmakers Friday approved a bill to allow public workers a choice between their traditional defined benefit pension plan and...

May 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Signalling a trend, Florida lawmakers Friday approved a bill to allow public workers a choice between their traditional defined benefit pension plan and...

August 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FleetBoston Financial has named Keith Banks as Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive Officer of the newly formed Fleet Asset Management, which combines...

August 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average annual pay increase for American workers is expected to come in at about 4% in 2001, for the eighth year in...

July 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Guy Patton has been named president of Fidelity's tax-exempt unit, succeeding Ellyn McColgan who was recently promoted to president of Fidelity Investments' institutional...

July 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While nearly a third of the Fortune 100 now offer hybrid pension plans, just over half (52%) still offer a traditional pension plan,...

July 21, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers from opposite ends of the political spectrum got together to introduce a workplace privacy bill in both the House of Representatives and...

July 19, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prescription drug costs are expected to increase nearly 25%, and overall medical costs 12.2% over the next year, but most large employers plan...

July 18, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While automatic 401(k) plan enrollment increases employee participation, those participants often leave their investments on "auto-pilot", failing to maximize the benefits of participation,...

July 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FTSE and Frank Russell Thursday announced a cooperative effort to align their various indexes, a move that will enhance the global profile of...

December 7, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Manulife Financial will offer investment advice to 401(k) participants through a new alliance with mPower.

December 7, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Old Mutual PLC says it plans to split newly-acquired United Asset Management into three units, potentially targeting some UAM affiliates for sale as...

December 7, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Banc of America Capital Management, has teamed up with Diversified Investment Advisors to offer a bundled 401(k) product for plans with more than...

December 7, 2000 (HedgeWorld.com)—Executives at University of Toronto Asset Management Corp. are preparing for an investment odyssey in 2001, when plans to invest in hedge funds, private equity,...

December 7, 2000 (HedgeWorld.com)-A new on-line service called Trinity provides subscribers with legal analysis of the consequences of collateralizing derivatives. The goal is to ensure that derivatives traders...

December 7, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Half of plan sponsors dissatisfied with their 401(k) service providers are actively looking for a new provider, according to new study.

November 7, 2000 (HedgeWorld.com)—Mutual-fund giant Fidelity Investments has formed a strategic partnership with the Florida-based Evensky Group to build a nationwide wealth management practice that will offer family-office-style...