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July 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The total average salary of a chief financial officer (CFO) rose 9.3% this year, nearly twice as much as the 4.9% growth in...

July 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian securities regulators have initiated a "street sweep," demanding trading records from pension systems and mutual fund companies. The action comes in the...

July 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street has finally found a way in to the hedge fund business, having reached an agreement to acquire International Fund Services, a...

June 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An ordinance requiring companies contracting with the city of San Francisco to provide the same benefits for domestic partners as they do for...

March 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A fund company said employers are dumping low-balance 401(k) accounts ahead of the adoption by the Department of Labor of a tax code...

March 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About half of the plans responding to a new survey currently require their company match to be invested in stock, and 72% of...

June 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in Prudential Retirement Services retirement plans can now access their 401(k), 403(b) and 457 plan information, via Web-enabled cellular phones.

June 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's has launched a new index for American Depository Receipts (ADRs) that will allow institutional investors to better track performance.

June 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has expanded its stock option offerings to include full plan administration for plan sponsors seeking help managing their employee stock option...

June 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an effort to beef up its alternative investment lineup for US and overseas investors, the Orbitex Financial Services Group has formed a...

June 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enron Corp. has filed a motion in bankruptcy court for permission to pay trustee fees for its three retirement plans from company, rather...

June 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The performance of their pension plans has provided a number of US companies with a significant boost in earnings, according to a report by...

March 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate confirmed Leslie Silverman to a Republican seat on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

March 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The gap between defined benefit plan assets and liabilities widened to -4.4% in February, leaving plan sponsors concerned over appropriate asset allocations in...

June 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued an Atlanta church for firing three women after they complained about a church official making repeated sexual advances.

June 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A participant's account balance in a 457-government retirement plan can be held back from the person's bankruptcy estate, a federal judge ruled.

June 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has given plan sponsors some additional guidance on the new required minimum distribution rules with the publication of model...

June 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Representative John Boehner (R-OH) has introduced three bills designed to modernize ERISA, most notably the area of participant advice.

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate secretaries could benefit from the increased flexibility of new rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that allow registered transfer agents...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - America's largest accounting firm is going ahead with plans to spin off its consulting practice - but the proceeds could be directed toward...