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November 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two Louisiana pension funds have triumphed in the second largest-ever settlement ever obtained from a corporate defendant in a securities class action, acting...

November 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors and providers can benefit from "just in time" delivery of defined contribution enrollment materials, courtesy of "Documents On Demand" (DOD) from...

August 9, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Janus Chief Investment Officer and Director of Research Jim Craig, 44, will leave the firm at the end of September to manage money...

August 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Hancock Retirement Services will offer self-directed brokerage services to its 401(k) clients via an agreement with DLJdirect, the online brokerage service of...

August 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service may have just taken another step toward elimination of the "same desk" rule in a recent private letter ruling,...

August 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan participants could have gotten some good advice during the first six months, according to the new CHALK 401(k) Advisory Index.

June 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's parent McGraw-Hill has accused the ever-frugal Vanguard Group with breach of contract, trademark infringement and unfair competition in federal court....

May 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors got new index mutual fund choices Monday from Vanguard, including a social investing index fund and a new institutional fund that...

May 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Signalling a trend, Florida lawmakers Friday approved a bill to allow public workers a choice between their traditional defined benefit pension plan and...

May 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Signalling a trend, Florida lawmakers Friday approved a bill to allow public workers a choice between their traditional defined benefit pension plan and...

August 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FleetBoston Financial has named Keith Banks as Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive Officer of the newly formed Fleet Asset Management, which combines...

August 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average annual pay increase for American workers is expected to come in at about 4% in 2001, for the eighth year in...

July 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Guy Patton has been named president of Fidelity's tax-exempt unit, succeeding Ellyn McColgan who was recently promoted to president of Fidelity Investments' institutional...

July 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While nearly a third of the Fortune 100 now offer hybrid pension plans, just over half (52%) still offer a traditional pension plan,...

July 21, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers from opposite ends of the political spectrum got together to introduce a workplace privacy bill in both the House of Representatives and...

July 19, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prescription drug costs are expected to increase nearly 25%, and overall medical costs 12.2% over the next year, but most large employers plan...

July 18, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While automatic 401(k) plan enrollment increases employee participation, those participants often leave their investments on "auto-pilot", failing to maximize the benefits of participation,...

July 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FTSE and Frank Russell Thursday announced a cooperative effort to align their various indexes, a move that will enhance the global profile of...

December 7, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Half of plan sponsors dissatisfied with their 401(k) service providers are actively looking for a new provider, according to new study.

December 7, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Manulife Financial will offer investment advice to 401(k) participants through a new alliance with mPower.