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October 5, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The management of Tenet Healthcare has made new commitments on corporate governance to the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), and the nation's...

May 10, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants continue to ride out the market's swings, according to the Hewitt 401(k) Index, which tracks daily investment activity of 1.5 million employees...

September 5, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There are some noticeable differences between the House and Senate versions of the pending retirement savings legislation that impact plan sponsors, including a...

May 9, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bi-partisan bill introduced Tuesday in the House of Representatives would make an employer's gift of a free computer or cheap Internet access...

June 5, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Vanguard Group is gearing up to introduce a new no-load fund that concentrates primarily in inflation-indexed bonds. The Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund...

May 5, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move to consolidate the power of an aging workforce, the AFL-CIO this week announced the formation of a new national organization...

May 5, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Several federal agencies are reviewing whether plan sponsors provide early retirees with adequate information when faced with a choice between annuities and lump...

May 4, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A tight labor market is forcing employers to get creative in designing a better workplace. Workers are demanding - and getting - more...

May 1, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that public employees who agree to take time off instead of overtime pay can be forced to take...

May 1, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors now have a benchmark for social investing fund performance, the Calvert Group's Calvert Social Index, a broad-based benchmark of large, U.S.-based...

April 30, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Once again pension plan retirees are standing up to management - and the fate of a multi-billion dollar merger may hang in the...

April 28, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's a pull every top plan sponsor feels, the riches and freedom to be had in the private sector. So also for Patrick...

April 27, 2000 - (PLANSPONSOR.com) The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has endorsed a new SunAmerica/ADP alliance as the preferred pension provider for its nearly 3 million small business...

April 25, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A class action suit starts in Minneapolis Thursday over whether NCR had the right to reduce health subsidies and eliminate Medicare supplementation to...

April 24, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lucent Technologies announced Monday that Deborah Hopkins, chief financial officer at Boeing, will become its CFO, effective immediately. Hopkins will be responsible for...

April 20, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the third high-level defection to the private sector from the California public pension fund system in a few months, Bob Boldt, senior...

April 19, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CalPERS Wednesday said it needed more time to consider the impact of doubling co-payments for office visits and brand-name prescription drugs for the...

April 18, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Miriam Santos, the Chicago city treasurer who recently won her appeal against a corruption conviction, returned to her old post Monday morning, the...

April 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Patrick Mitchell, chief investment officer of the California State Teachers' Retirement System, has resigned effective July 15 to pursue other career interests. It's...

April 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frank Russell Company introduced three new equity indexes this week. The Tacoma, WA, investment management and advisory firm, said in a statement these...