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November 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fresh from having recently announced their pullout from the large-plan recordkeeping market, MetLife officials say they're turning their attention to small and mid-size...

November 14, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The College Retirement Equities Fund has decided to keep tobacco stocks in the $176 billion stock portfolio it manages as part of the...

November 14, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite making up more than 46% of the nation's workforce, women occupy corporate officer positions at just 12.5% of the Fortune 500, according...

October 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Labor Department's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration is offering American workers information that could help them protect their benefits during layoffs and...

October 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Medical savings accounts will continue to be available through 2002, since the number of MSA returns filed is far short of the target...

October 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the aim of better meeting the needs of institutional investors and corporate management teams, Dain Rauscher Wessels has redesigned its Web site.

October 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On the first day of its new session, the Supreme Court denied review of a number of employee benefit-related cases.

October 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plan provider GoldK acquired Paradigm Financial Corp, a third-party administrator and retirement-consulting firm that specializes in the administration of 401(k), profit-sharing, and...

October 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of financial services firms that make use of nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) and supplemental executive retirement plans (SERPs) is on the...

October 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Waddell & Reed, Inc launched its version of the 529 college savings plan, the Waddell & Reed InvestEd Plan, a tax-deferred method of...

September 14, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles Schwab client accounts topped $1 trillion in assets for the first time as of August 31.

February 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, totaled $65.6 billion at the end of 2000, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI) which has begun tracking...

August 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? President Bush and Representative Charles Norwood (R-Georgia) say they have reached agreement on the approach for the passage of a patients' bill of...

May 10, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard&Poor's expects to hear soon whether the Department of Labor grants it a Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) for its retirement investment advice software.

August 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Broader access to participant investment advice took another step forward Thursday, as the Employer-Employee Relations (EER) Subcommittee approved the Retirement Security Advice Act...

February 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees who receive personalized statements contribute 0.85% more of their salary to the 401(k) plan on average, compared with employees who don't receive...

February 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average 401(k) account balance rose 18% in 1999, buoyed by both contributions and the stock market - but significant gaps remain between...

August 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Vanguard survey of plan sponsor experience with automatic, or negative, enrollment indicates that while the practice can increase participation rates, it...

When you're a $170 billion public fund, it's hard not to make waves. And when the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) made a $1 billion commitment to...

August 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eaton Vance has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 70% of Atlanta Capital Management Company for $75 million - a move that comes...