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March 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The trend of UK pension administrators adopting fund specific benchmarks to measure performance, ballooned during the 1990s to nearly 70% by 2001, according...

March 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than $60 billion poured into equity mutual funds during the first quarter of 2002, the largest such figure since the second quarter...

March 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Minority workers have filed a $7.4 billion lawsuit against General Motors Corp. (GM), alleging they were racially and sexually harassed at two Michigan...

March 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the 42 states with external review programs in place for the resolution of health plan disputes, decisions are made in favor of...

March 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The profile of the US worker is changing as the likelihood of being employed by larger companies increases, data from the US Small...

March 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee left short-term interest rates unchanged amid signs that the US economy is slowly struggling out of...

March 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 1,600 institutional investors who have money in Evergreen Investments' value funds have a new portfolio manager directing their investments.

March 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- CIGNA Retirement and Investment Services has formed the Participant Communications Board, an independent organization dedicated to teaching retirement readiness.

March 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's hopes to give more investors confidence to invest in hedge funds with the launch of a new hedge fund index.

March 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participant transfer activity picked up a bit in February - but only slightly, and with a conservative bent - according to the Hewitt...

March 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has won a court injunction banning union organizers from its 3,200 US stores according to an Associated Press report.

March 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though they know that early withdrawal of their retirement savings triggers both taxes and possible penalties, a third of workers would still...

March 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A corporate incentive program can be just what the doctor ordered to boost employee performance and attitude, and make it easier to hire...

March 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-The Enron fiasco has caused more employees to consider the security of their 401(k) and retirement plans, a new survey finds.

March 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 2,000 retired football players are in line for a hefty pension increase of as much as 100% in April in what...

March 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The long-running legal battle over a controversial management review system at Ford Motor Co. ended as a Michigan judge approved a $10.5-million settlement...

March 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index dropped a notch in February, falling by 0.6%. That follows a 0.5% uptick in January.

March 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Labor Secretary Elaine Chao named five new members to the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Plans (ERISA Advisory Council).

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest data release from the Department of Labor (DoL) shows a slow but steady recovery in the US labor market.

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although the performance of hedge funds was generally lackluster over the month, the Average US Hedge Fund generally outpaced the market in February,...