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July 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dreyfus Corporation has named Stephen R. Byers chief investment officer, responsible for overseeing all investment strategies and investment management staff.

July 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Women are likely to provide long-term care for others, only to be at a loss when faced with their own long-term care needs, a...

July 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? A proposal to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 was rejected by 85% of the nearly 15,500 Boeing...

July 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the new economy matures, tech companies are emulating their old economy peers in the methods used to enhance management team performance in...

July 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Old Mutual (US) Holdings Inc., has found a new CEO. Scott F. Powers of Mellon Institutional Asset Management, will take over the reins...

July 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nicholas Lopardo, chief executive of State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), has reportedly quit after a dispute with State Street CEO David Spina over...

July 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Deposits to the nation's unit investment trusts rose to $6.05 billion in June, a significant turnaround from last month's tally- and more than...

July 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tuesday is the most productive day of the week for top and mid-level executives, according to a new survey by Getzler & Co.

July 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The costs of workers compensation claims are accelerating, with costs in California outpacing all other states researched in a recent eight-state study.

July 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) The median retirement age in the US is falling perhaps encouraged by increasingly generous early retirement provisions in private sector defined benefit plans, according...

July 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Ann C. Gersie of The Principal Financial Group, was elected president of the National Institute of Pension Administrators (NIPA).

July 19, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Initial unemployment insurance claims finally dipped, but the good news was offset by data showing that the number of people claiming continuing benefits had...

July 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite recent bad press on shrinking 401(k) balances brought on by a volatile market, most people still find them to be the best...

July 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The much-awaited June CPI figure, released today by the Department of Labor, showed US inflation rising by 0.2%, slightly higher than market expectations,...

July 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The advantages of investing in actively managed funds in a bear market may be overstated, since index funds perform about as well as...

July 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The economic slowdown has taken its toll on the number of mutual funds, which shrank for the first time in 10 years, according...

July 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recruiters can get a little help with their talent searches and hiring process with Hire.com's new applicant tracking solution, Hiring Center.

July 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recruiters can now fill their $100,000 job vacancies using My Executive Profile, a new database of executive candidates from online career planning and...

July 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Amid a shaky market and economic slowdown, Americans have more faith in their retirement planning than they did during the highs of 1999,...

July 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Less than half (43%) of middle-market companies currently offer stock options to their employees, just outnumbering the 39% that have no plans to...