Administration

August 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The deadline for comment on two Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Exposure Drafts (EDs) of proposed Statements is fast approaching.

August 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Vanguard Group has shuttered its PRIMECAP Core Fund to advisers and institutional clients such as defined benefit plans, endowments and foundations.

August 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A South Florida foundation has hit Merrill Lynch with a lawsuit over allegations the investment firm failed to advise it against placing funds...

August 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UnitedHealth Group Inc. and its former chief executive William McGuire will pay $925 million to resolve an investor class-action lawsuit accusing the health...

August 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bank of America Corp., which acquired Countrywide Financial Corp. in 2008, will pay $55 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by employees who...

August 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the events of 2008, the business of securities lending is evolving towards a new paradigm, according to a new BNY Mellon Asset...

August 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Still trying to defend itself against a spate of investor lawsuits over subprime-mortgage related holdings by its bond funds, State Street Corp. has...

August 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey of quantitative finance and risk management professionals by 7city Learning showed an increased focus on risk management over the last 12...

August 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A proposal by a Pennsylvania state lawmaker would allow the Keystone State to take over underfunded state pension funds.

August 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that an employer had the right to use a surplus in its defined benefit pension plan...

August 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After a nationwide search and a dozen interviews, the San Diego County Employees Retirement Association board voted 6-3 to outsource the job of...

August 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a speech before the New York City Bar Association, marking the end of his first 100 days as Director of the Securities...

August 6, 2009 (PLAN.SPONSOR.com) - The chief U.S. securities regulator is now advocating that the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should be funded directly from industry fees.

August 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fresh from a year in which the value of state of Massachusetts' public pension holdings plummeted 24%, officials have decided to cut their...

August 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined Ameritas Investment Corp. of Lincoln, Nebraska, $100,000 and has suspended and fined one of its...

August 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies fell again in July, for the third consecutive month, according to the...

August 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies and financial institutions around the world express strong levels of support for many of the key components of financial regulation reform proposed...

August 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension plans at FTSE 100 companies ran an aggregate £90-billion shortfall as of June 30, 2009, an £82-billion increase over a year earlier,...

August 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed civil fraud and other charges against General Electric Company (GE), alleging that it misled investors by...

August 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is taking a harder look at the inner workings of the nation's endowment funds.