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October 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Healthy equity markets in recent months have eased the pressure on institutional investors to dump core real estate holdings, a Segal Advisors researcher...

October 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The City of St. Clair Shores (Michigan) Police and Fire Retirement System is challenging as unfair to shareholders the proposed merger between Affiliated...

October 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The defined contribution investment only (DCIO) business is moving from a minor appendage of an asset management firm's sales effort to its backbone,...

October 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study indicates that companies that use Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans (SERPs) could see their shares suffer when the CEO departs.

October 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new analysis shows that contrary to popular opinion, mass affluent consumers were not passive during the difficult financial environment of 2008-2009 -...

October 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study finds that investors gain 2.5% higher returns every year (on a risk-adjusted basis) by investing in "sin" stocks - publicly...

October 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Callan report offers 10 lessons for managing risks and the next steps institutional investors may want to take.

October 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, Jr. has accused State Street Bank and Trust of overcharging the Golden State's two giant public pension...

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Among its current financial woes, Harvard University is trying to cope with the loss of almost $2 billion in cash in its daily...

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Invesco Ltd. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Morgan Stanley's retail asset management business, including Van Kampen Investments.

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New rules for the $450 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market were approved by the House Financial Services Committee Thursday.

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of the Virginia Retirement System agreed to an accounting change that will save the government from large contribution rate increases to...

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Responding to a directive requiring an insurance undertaking to establish an actuarial function. a group representing 36 European actuarial associations, Groupe Consultatif Actuariel...

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York criminal court judge said New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's fraud charges against Henry Morris in the state's pension kickback...

October 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles Schwab has been notified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it could be the target of an SEC civil...

October 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Target-date funds have drawn a lot of scrutiny of late, but a new survey suggests that participants still have confidence in the approach.

October 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The third quarter saw a robust 169 new securities lawsuits filed, but the credit crisis is no longer leading the litigation charge, according...

October 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill clamping down on placement agents, the marketing middlemen hired by private equity groups and other...

October 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's largest public pension fund said it is launching a "special review" of fees paid by some of its money managers to...

October 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investment managers polled by Northern Trust Global Advisors (NTGA) in the third quarter of 2009 expressed near-consensus optimism on the economy -...