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December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers who sponsor benefit plans will get an added reminder from the 2002 version of the Form 5500 series disclosure documents to sign...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With a federal judge's order approving a nearly $300-million settlement in a series of lawsuits involving allegations against a now-defunct Oregon investment firm,...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service have released new proposed regulations on the application of the pension plan age discrimination rules to cash...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Maryland Citizens Health Initiative has proposed a plan to provide health coverage to the state's uninsured residents, according to a Baltimore Sun...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While representatives of financial services industry groups hadn't yet had time to study 75 pages of proposed cash balance regulations, they gave government...

October 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar has a new product that could make it easier for financial advisors to pick the best 529 College Savings plan for their...

October 22, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A patients' bill of rights is now a reality in North Carolina.

October 22, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors working with Northern Trust Retirement Consulting (NTRC) and Financial Engines can now offer their participants an advice service that includes data from...

October 22, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch will offer straight-through processing (STP) to institutional clients via a partnership with software provider Dovetail Systems.

October 22, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Towers Perrin will enhance its benefit consulting services with the addition of access to MEDSTAT's national healthcare databases.

October 22, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - HedgeWorld Markets Limited has opened their hedge fund marketplace, HedgeWorld FundSelect, and eventually plans to make it available to institutional investors.

October 22, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Calvert Foundation has launched Calvert Giving Fund, a donor-advised fund that helps investors to create more social impact through their charitable giving.

October 22, 20001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cigna Retirement & Investment Services has expanded its portfolio of investment options to include 13 new mutual funds.

October 22, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Clients of SunGard Employee Benefit Systems can now use SunGard's recordkeeping system with their educational savings programs known as 529 plans.

October 22, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Analytics provider Vestek unveiled a fully geometric mathematical algorithm for performance attribution as part of the group's Performance Attribution analysis.

October 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Merrill Lynch survey suggests that workers could stand a reality check when it comes to expectations about their retirement accounts.

October 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of current and former Federal Reserve employees lost their first legal battle in their attempts to force the central banker from...

October 22, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following an agreement with Ford Financial, TD Waterhouse will offer brokerage services employees and customers of Ford Motor Company and its subsidiaries through the...

October 22, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Lawyers for a 59-year-old African American man, who won $100,000 in damages in a federal court age discrimination lawsuit against a car dealership, have...

October 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of Americans seeking first-time jobless benefits may have taken an unexpectedly large 40,000-claim drop last week - the biggest since the...