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EBSA Adds Guidance, Updates Form
By Staff WriterThe Employee Benefits Security Administration today answered questions about benefit plan fiduciary bonding and unveiled the 2008 Form 5500.EBSA, an arm of the U.S. Labor ...
November 20, 2008
A Target-Date Fund TwistAn asset allocation strategy that's founded upon the traditional principles of pension investing and a multi-manager investment approach for a broad range of investment options
November 19, 2008
More failings from the PBGC brain trustI point to an excellent, and extremely scary, post (as if we needed more) at The Baseline Scenario blog. James Kwak updates us as to...
November 18, 2008
Putnam to Merge Six Equity Funds and Lay Off 47Bob Reynolds, the former Fidelity executive, has taken additional steps to make his mark upon Putnam Investments
November 14, 2008
Reserve Fund Makes Partial DistributionThe Reserve said it is distributing $4.5 billion to shareholders of its U.S. Government Fund money market fund
November 12, 2008
Vanguard Merges Two Bond FundsVanguard is planning to merge the $3.2 billion Vanguard Insured Long-Term Tax-Exempt Fund into the $2.8 billion Vanguard Long-Term Tax-Exempt Fund on December 12, 2008.
November 12, 2008
Federal Reserve Stalls Money Market Fund BailoutThe Federal Reserve Board said November 10 that is delaying until November 24.
November 12, 2008
Paulson Changes Course on TARPTreasury Secretary Henry Paulson said today that he is veering from the original plan