Administration

March 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of five public pension funds are jointly seeking lead plaintiff status in a class action lawsuit against Bank of America (BoA)...

March 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A senior aide to French President Nicolas Sarkozy told a television reporter that the government will ban companies getting state aid from handing...

March 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TIAA-CREF announced a plan to intensify pressure on target companies that maintain business relations with the Sudanese government and divest from those that...

March 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - America's nonprofits, including the "lifeline" organizations that many depend on for food, shelter, and other basic services, are strained to the breaking point,...

March 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Investment Manager Outlook, a quarterly survey of investment managers conducted by Russell Investments, found professional money managers were more bullish for fixed-income...

March 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it has fined Morgan Stanley & Co. $3 million and ordered it to pay more...

March 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's two largest state public pension funds filed a joint motion Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of...

March 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the nation's largest corporate defined benefit retirement plans registered record losses last year.

March 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Treasury Department has released details on an investment program designed to encourage the purchase of legacy assets.

March 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Andrew J. Donohue, Director, Division of Investment Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, said the change in the market over the past two...

March 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hennessy Advisors, Inc. announced it has acquired the assets related to the management of the Tamarack Large Cap Growth Fund and the Tamarack...

March 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chicago's inspector general is looking into how three city pension funds ended up with investments in a firm co-owned by a nephew of...

March 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Insurers taking over corporate pension plans in the United Kingdom will see new business shrink by up to 50% in 2009 due to...

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has released its 2009 Focus List calling out four underperforming companies in the pharmaceutical, real estate...

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday charged the political adviser to New York state's former comptroller for "corrupting the integrity"...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Illinois Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) says a plan to balance the state's budget by slashing the already underfunded Illinois pension funds will...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State of New Jersey officials have charged in a lawsuit that lies by executives and directors of Lehman Brothers about the now-defunct Wall...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The head of American International Group said Wednesday the "cold realities of competition" compelled the insurer to pay $165 million in bonuses, Reuters...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most (86%) chief financial officers interviewed for the Robert Half International Financial Hiring Index report a desire to maintain current staff levels for...

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total U.S. retirement market assets, including both defined contribution and defined benefit plans, tumbled 24% to $7.86 trillion in 2008, down from $10.3...