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December 4, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch has added Speech-recognition to its 401(k) Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system, allowing participants to access information and initiate transactions by speaking...

April 11, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Tuesday said that he expects job anxiety to stay high, with the rapid pace of...

October 4, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly five thousand pensioners have been reconnected with their "missing" pensions totaling some $10 million during the past year, thanks to the Pension...

October 4, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - InvestLink Technologies has integrated Standard & Poor's Web-based education and advice services with their recordkeeping system, TotalServiceManager.

October 4, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new banking combination could offer additional choices for plan sponsors, as Firstar and US Bancorp have agreed to merge in a stock...

April 10, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds on average outperformed the S&P 500 in the last quarter, booking gains for the sixth consecutive quarter, according to preliminary estimates...

April 10, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Six leading banks plan to set up a joint venture to create an online trading network for interest rate derivatives.

August 4, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Calvert Group plans to launch the Calvert Social Investment Fund Technology Portfolio, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

November 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Old Mutual has teamed up with CalPERS, the nation's largest public pension system, to establish eSecLending, LLC, a web-based auction system for securities...

November 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chief executive officers (CEOs) at the vast majority of large corporations are holding on to their stock options, rather than cashing in, according...

October 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite shared concerns about executive compensation, the nation's largest public employee union and the country's largest public employee pension fund are currently on...

October 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants may soon have one less number to keep up with, and find it easier to sign up, thanks to a new PIN-Less...

August 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CNA says it will retain its life insurance business and continue to offer retirement services, good news for current plan sponsor customers.

May 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Several top public funds are actively contemplating or investing in alternative investments, with private equity fund Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund V a...

May 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration has published the Abstract of 1996 Form 5500 Annual Reports, with some interesting insights for plan sponsors.

May 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate finance executives have a new weapon in their anti-takeover arsenal. Lloyd's of London has introduced a new insurance product designed to protect...

May 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plan balances may escape creditor clutches, after all. A controversial pension plan waiver provision will be removed from the pending bankruptcy reform...

November 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investor marketplace eFrontiers.com is close to shutting its doors less than a year after launching its website, president Steve Cohen told PLANSPONSOR.com.

November 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Liberty Financial effectively put out a "for sale" sign yesterday, the latest in a series of fund manager ownership shifts, even as it...

November 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J.P. Morgan/American Century Retirement Plan Services is launching its new Web site for retirement plan sponsors, including a customizable homepage and access to...