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October 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The popularity of the public instant messaging (IM) networks has caused compliance and technology management challenges for many financial institutions. FaceTime Communications provides...

October 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors now have online access to peer data from Judy Diamond Associates, which has just launched JDA Online.

October 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Monday the nation's largest public pension fund will vote to fire a number of investment managers in its first international equity manager...

October 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOr.com) - The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has backed off proposals to increase capital set aside requirements for banks as well as the amount...

October 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has decided against the use of an 'extraordinary item' treatment for losses incurred in connection with the recent...

October 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors now have an additional investment "option" as the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) begins trading options on selected exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

September 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The $50 billion flagship Janus Fund has closed to new investors, effective immediately.

January 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to an anxiously awaited SEC report, there is little difference in the spreads on very large company trades, regardless of if they...

January 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds managed to outperform broader US equity markets for the second year in a row, as measured by the Hennessee Hedge Fund...

January 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With a growing number of boomers nearing retirement, employers are reevaluating strategies for managing the impact, according to a new study.

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Order execution has become a little more transparent thanks to the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) "new" order execution quality...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsor clients of the Standard Insurance Co can take advantage of enhancements to the group's PlanNet Web site for defined contribution plans.

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Auto parts maker Federal-Mogul raised a few eyebrows last week when it announced that it was discontinuing its company stock program due to...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shareholders of Getty Realty Corp have given the real estate company the green light for converting to real estate investment trust (REIT) status...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employment Nondiscrimination Act, banning workplace discrimination against homosexuals, was introduced in Congress Tuesday.

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House of Representatives voted 384 to 33 to pass a bill that would allow a portion of railroad pension funds to be...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The gaps between the two sides of the patients' bill of rights seem to be drawing closer, but will it be close enough...

Washington DC, August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors worried about that "expiration date" on pension reform can perhaps breathe a little easier in the wake of comments...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Monday New Jersey's acting governor, Donald T. DiFrancesco, signed a new patients' bill of rights into law.

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian plan sponsors who are clients of Buck Consulting can now gain a new perspective on the risk return picture following the group's...