Administration

May 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Treasurer Richard Mourdock says the state cannot allow its "retired police officers and teachers to be ripped off by the federal government."

May 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York state's pension fund has cut its fund-of-hedge funds investments to about $500 million from $5 billion since January 2008, a spokesman...

May 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Vanguard Group has announced expense reductions, effective June 1, 2009, across the entire lineup of investment options in The Vanguard 529 College...

May 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC, the fixed income arm of BNY Mellon Asset Management, said U.S. corporate pension plans appear to be...

May 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Attorney General Jerry Brown issued subpoenas to politically connected firms and individuals as part of a probe into placement agents who help...

May 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials at the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System have decided to sever their ties with an investment manager at UBS AG over the...

May 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) filed a lawsuit Wednesday to recover more than $100 million in losses related to its purchase of...

May 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge turned away an attempt by a group of Indiana pension funds to block the sale of Chrysler assets.

May 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Illinois Teachers Retirement System has approved changes to the long term goals for three of its asset classes.

May 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Obama administration may call for stripping the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of some of its powers under a regulatory reorganization that...

May 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has agreed to delay publication of an exposure draft on pensions accounting in order to address certain...

May 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vince Snowbarger, acting director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, has recommended three controversial contracts with Wall Street firms be dropped, according to...

May 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The budget deficit of the nation's private-sector pension insurer ballooned to $33.5 billion for the first half of the 2009 fiscal year, with...

May 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Democratic U.S. senator has introduced a measure that will give shareholders input into companies' executive pay practices.

May 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association is encouraging Congress to support the Security and Exchange Commission's (SEC) efforts to establish high standards for...

May 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association is encouraging Congress to support the Security and Exchange Commission's (SEC) efforts to establish high standards for...

May 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A City of Detroit worker suing one of Detroit's public pensions won a temporary restraining order Friday that prohibits the fund from destroying...

May 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Already pondering a possible share of its iShares unit to the CVC Capital Partners Group equity firm, Barclays has also received inquiries from...

May 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - During its May 2009 meeting, the Ohio State Teachers Retirement Board adopted a Performance-Based Incentive (PBI) Program for 2010 for eligible investment associates.

May 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Nevada state legislator is pressing a plan that would track the state pension fund's investments in Iran.