Administration

February 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Britain's defined contribution (DC) pension assets have lost 35% of their value - £140 billion - since the credit crunch began, according to...

February 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York state's attorney general filed a court motion on Monday to force former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain to discuss $4 billion...

February 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Board of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois (TRS) terminated ING Investment Management's $450 million fixed income core-plus mandate.

February 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Asset management fees remained stable in 2008 but are likely to be under pressure in 2009, according to a report issued today by...

February 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) announced it has kicked off two projects aimed at beefing up its guidance on fair value measurement...

February 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The total cost of doing business for pension funds and trusts has increased by 14% over the last four years, from an average...

February 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Blackberry maker, Research in Motion (RIM), and four of its senior executives have agreed to settle stock option backdating charges brought by the...

February 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Now the distance between the value of your 401(k) before the recession and what it is now can translate into "a little off...

February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The investment consulting market now has a new gorilla-sized competitor with which to contend as Mercer on Tuesday announced an agreement to acquire...

February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Executives of Mercer and Callan Associates said Tuesday that they do not anticipate having to lay off staff as a result of the...

February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a new survey of defined contribution investment-only (DCIO) executives by Sway Research LLC the average asset manager experienced a 23% drop...

February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The vast majority of technology company chief financial officers participating in a recent poll said their company does not allow shareholders a voice...

February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The town of Manchester, Connecticut's Pension Board has dropped fund manager Meridian Advisors from its portfolio after the firm lost hundreds of thousands...

February 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension funds at large U.S. companies finished a dismal 2008 with an average 32%, or a total $445 billion, loss in their funded...

February 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A San Diego law firm has filed a federal court lawsuit against OppenheimerFunds over allegations fund managers concealed the fact that they had...

February 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Philadelphia-area union pension fund has filed a federal court lawsuit against Austin Capital Management Ltd. over losses from the securities fraud which...

February 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The pension funded status of S&P 1500 companies at the end of January was unchanged from December, according to the latest estimates from...

February 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments plans to cut 260 jobs primarily in sales and operations.

February 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The past year's market volatility, combined with recent industry scandal, complicated risk management products, and lack of investor confidence have created additional pressure...

February 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new analysis from Aon Consulting's Radford Surveys + Consulting found exclusion of board and named executive officers (NEOs) and a value-neutral exchange...