December 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hawaii Employees' Retirement System's long-term funding problems widened during the state's latest fiscal year, according to an assessment by the fund's actuarial...
December 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Bloomberg news report said six of the nine largest U.S. target-date fund providers by assets have junk bonds in their 2010 portfolios.
December 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – As are many job seekers during these tough economic times, those seeking finance positions are finding it is taking longer than expected to...
December 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – SEI’s latest analysis of the effects of Financial Accounting Standards 87 (FAS 87) on pension accounting indicates that plans with a December 31...
December 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has cleared two former executives of an Irvine, California-based telecommunications firm of charges related to backdating stock options.
December 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate financial executives, such as chief financial officers (CFOs), chief accounting officers (CAOs) and controllers, collectively represented 44% of the individuals alleged in...
December 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A side business helping fellow employees apply for federal disability benefits was not illegal, but a budget analyst for the Long Island Rail...
December 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A battle by three Indiana pension funds to overturn the government-backed sale of bankrupt automaker Chrysler LLC has come to an end at...
December 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has selected Meketa Investment Group, Inc., as its first lead consultant for the pension...
December 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A union pension fund has sued Goldman Sachs, alleging its 2009 bonus payouts are based on taxpayer bailout money the financial services firm...
December 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded ratio of 100 of the nation’s largest defined benefit plans increased from 75% to 75.5% in November, according to Milliman.
December 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – With one eye cast toward the recent closely watched excessive fee case Hecker v. Deere & Co., a federal judge in...
December 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new institutional investor survey finds strong support for enterprise-wide stress testing as way to help manage potential large market disruptions such as...
December 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a background of lingering uncertainty for investors, many mutual fund managers have continued to attract significant inflows to their stock and bond...
December 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Friday that regulators are investigating the failure of Bank of America Corp. (BofA) to disclose...
December 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Preliminary data gathered from colleges and universities participating in the 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments (NCSE) indicate that their endowments and foundations had...
December 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Grant Thornton LLP survey finds that approximately 66% of respondents feel that it is more appropriate to recognize executive equity compensation...
December 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A private equity executive has agreed to pay $20 million to settle pay-to-play charges in connection with the New York State Common Retirement...
December 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Hewitt Associates survey of large U.S. employers finds defined benefit plan sponsors have shifted their risk management programs into high gear compared...
December 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. employees saw the fair value of their new company stock option awards decline by nearly 10% last year, according to a recent...