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September 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has tapped Fred R. Buenrostro, Jr. as its Chief Executive Officer.

September 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The amount of first-time jobless claims headed south last week, but was still stubbornly and unexpectedly high, the US Department of Labor (DoL)...

September 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Private industry employers in June 2002 paid an average of $21.83 per hour, a $0.12 increase from March, according to the latest data...

September 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total assets of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) took a healthy leap in August to $91.28 billion, up from July's $78.59 billion, according to data...

September 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard and Poor's has unveiled the methodology, structure, and components of its new hedge fund index.

September 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unit Investment Trusts' deposits during August slumped to $705.7 million from July's strong showing of $1.3 billion.

September 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The amount of severance pay US executives receive continues to drop and may never return to its once generous levels, a new study...

September 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A company-sponsored retirement plan continues to rank high on workers' list of desirable benefits, a new international survey found.

September 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index ticked up in August after two straight losing months.

September 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer cuts of retiree health-care benefits are expected to continue for at least another 30 years when companies likely will only pick up...

September 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though the general corporate commitment to diversity training has remained strong, the high points of that internal education has shifted, a survey...

September 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There didn't appear to be much appetite for Boeing's "best and final" three-year contract offer - nor was there sufficient interest to go...

September 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The FTSE4Good Advisory Committee has adjusted the components of its socially responsive index.

September 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index ticked up in August after two straight losing months.

September 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US junk bond default rate dipped to 9.11% in August from a revised 9.39% in July, Standard & Poor's said, in a...

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits officials concerned about compliance with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) have a new education option.

September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A week after posting a drop in unemployment claims, the jobless figure unexpectedly soared to the highest level since April.

December 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Schoolhouse Capital, a subsidiary of State Street Corporation rolled out Scholar'sEdge, a 529 college savings program offered through a new partnership with OppenheimerFunds.

September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Underfunded pensions and anemic investment returns can drain a company's capital that might be more productively invested elsewhere.

December 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidelines on companies taking a new tax deduction on dividends passed through to employees holding company stock as...