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June 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of pension plans has improved significantly since December 2008, but the recovery faltered a bit in May, according to the...

June 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stephen L. Deschenes has been named senior vice president and general manager of the Annuities Division for the U.S. operating unit of Sun...

June 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A third consecutive month of strong performances by global equities overcame an increase in pension plan liabilities to lift the funded status of...

June 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill headed for the desk of Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell would crack down on money managers who carry out schemes to...

June 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Arizona state lawmakers are moving to strip the domestic partners of state and university employees of the health insurance coverage they gained just...

June 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - African Americans in Washington, D.C., are twice as optimistic as the general U.S. population that their financial situation will improve over the next...

June 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Colorado law requires employers to provide nonsupervisory employees with up to 18 hours of annual unpaid leave time per academic year...

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Deerfield, Illinois, company has teamed up with eHealthScreenings to provide health screening tests to employees and family members of Focused Health client...

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill signed into law by Florida Governor Charlie Crist establishes a defined contribution program "terror-free" investment option for state employees.

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Retirement Services has announced the launch of the Maxim Lifetime Asset Allocation Series.

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has appointed six new members to the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of...

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, an international law firm, and Rocaton Investment Advisors LLC, an independent investment advisory firm, have announced a new...

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bankrupt auto-parts maker Delphi Corp. announced that General Motors will take over its hourly pension plan and the federal private-sector pension insurer will...

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ProFunds Group announced the launch of four new ProShares ETFs (exchange-traded funds).

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ruled that Tellabs Inc. and fiduciaries of its retirement plan did not...

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New Hampshire legislature approved revisions to a same-sex marriage bill on Wednesday, and Governor John Lynch promptly signed the legislation, the New...

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies with a non-qualified deferred compensation plan (NQDC) under 409A can't make a payment under the plan based on getting government bailout funds.

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The outlook for health care cost hikes going into next year has improved since September 2008 - by not by much, according to...

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many elements of corporate executive pay programs believed to cause excessive risk-taking actually encourage executives to reduce risk, according to experts at Watson...

June 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a letter sent Tuesday to Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana), the chairman of the Finance Committee, and Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts), the chairman...