Administration

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BlackRock, Inc. announced Tuesday it has received written notice from Barclays PLC that Barclays' Board of Directors has formally accepted BlackRock's offer to...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has adjusted allocations for its $183 billion investment portfolio, principally by raising its investment target exposure...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has dismissed a securities fraud suit that accused executives at health insurance giant...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ravaged by the same fiscal turbulence pounding the nation's legitimate businesses, Ponzi operations have been collapsing at a record clip, the Washington Post...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will ask a federal judge to block some investor lawsuits against the failed Reserve Primary Fund to...

June 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Greenwich Associates Market Pulse survey of 152 U.S. institutions finds that corporate funds, public funds, and endowments and foundations are sticking with...

June 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Louisiana pension fund has filed a lawsuit against Regions Financial Corp. over alleged actions during its acquisition of AmSouth Bancorp.

June 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time, employers' median spending on defined contribution (DC) benefits in 2008 topped their median spending on earned pension benefits, according...

June 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New rules giving some Canadian companies more time to make up pension funding shortfalls have become effective, as the government tries to help...

June 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Spector Roseman Kodroff & Willis, P.C. has filed another class action against Austin Capital Management Ltd. for millions of dollars of losses due...

June 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A second private equity firm has hashed out a settlement with New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo as part of Cuomo's probe...

June 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey finds that high net-worth (HNW) investors are ready to roll over assets from former employer-sponsored retirement accounts to providers who...

June 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BlackRock, Inc. says it has executed a purchase agreement to acquire Barclays Global Investors (BGI), including its iShares exchange-traded fund (ETF) platform.

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly three-quarters of job seekers in the financial services sector are confident that they will be employed by the end of 2009, according...

June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer and Putnam Investments announced Wednesday that Mercer will now provide all plan services for existing Taft-Harley clients that had been serviced by...

June 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked more than two dozen pension fund managers and financial firms for information concerning pension fund business...

June 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Public and private sector defined benefit plans share some concerns, but also diverge on a number of issues, according to a new report.

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Obama administration plans to appoint a "Special Master for Compensation" to ensure that companies receiving federal bailout funds are abiding by executive-pay...

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BlackRock, Inc. confirmed that it has been engaged in discussions with Barclays Bank plc about BlackRock's potential purchase of Barclays Global Investors (BGI),...

June 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Labeling the 403(b) space "arguably the most dynamic retirement market sector," a new report by two research firms predicts the pace of transition...