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November 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING completed the merger of the ING Direct Funds and ING Advisor Funds into a single ING fund family.

November 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING Pilgrim Investments now offers the Pilgrim Principal Protection Fund II (PPPF II), designed for investors seeking long-term growth coupled with a period of...

November 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar now offers asset managers, consultants and other investment professionals a new way to measure performance, following the launch of DataLab, an Internet-based investment...

November 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The final 2001 meeting of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans will be held on November 14.

November 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? A plan administrator acted improperly in determining that workers that took an early retirement offer were precluded from also pursuing claims for severance...

November 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate version of a mental health parity amendment is likely to increase costs - and decrease coverage of mental health treatments, according...

November 17, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Time Warner has settled a lawsuit with the Department of Labor for $5.5 million. The DOL had alleged that Time had illegally denied...

May 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most 401(k) participants plan to keep to their current investment strategies and almost a third will increase the amount of their contribution, a...

May 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of Americans claiming unemployment benefits for the first time plummeted by 41,000 from the record highs of previous weeks.

October 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Federal Thrift Retirement Board, which oversees the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), finalized a rule allowing uniformed service members to participate in the program.

October 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Correll Co., a recordkeeping and administrative services provider, developed a master defined contribution plan for Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs).

May 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Today's college graduates won't be disappointed with their first paycheck, according to a survey which shows starting salaries expectations in line with real...

May 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fortune 500 employers are getting tough on health care costs, squeezing suppliers, dropping carriers and cutting their level of contributions to better manage...

May 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bush administration has only just appointed Harvey Pitt to the position of chairman at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), but already...

October 18, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - European firms continued to "buy American," as Nicholas-Applegate and Alleghany Asset Management found themselves under new management this morning, the latest in a...

October 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the events of September 11 have not made much of an impact on the saving and spending habits of most Americans, it has...

May 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans spent nearly 19% more on prescription drugs last year on top of a similar increase the prior 12 months, according to a...

September 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Online bond trader ValuBond has added Barra's Bond Express bond database, expanding the offerings available to ValuBond users from 2,000 to around 17,000.

September 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments- retirement plan participants will soon be able to conduct Internet transactions via phones, pagers, and other wireless equipment.

September 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has taken over the underfunded pension plans of bankrupt Northwestern Steel and Wire Co.