Administration

August 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chief financial officers (CFOs) from large companies say they recognize a variety of challenges in fielding a robust 401(k) plan, but the cost...

August 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - During the worst of the global credit crisis in 2007, a significant proportion of U.S institutions experienced either an unexpected interruption in liquidity...

August 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Deutsche Bank's global institutional asset management business, DB Advisors, has announced an initiative to enhance transparency of its money market fund reporting.

August 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo revealed Monday that his ongoing probe into the sale of auction-rate securities (ARS) has now broadened...

August 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bank of New York Mellon Corp announced on Friday it is the subject of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) probe into...

August 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS announced on Friday a comprehensive settlement, in principle, for all clients holding auction-rate securities (ARS), for an estimated cost of $900 million.

August 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York State Comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli is readying a legislative proposal seeking authority for the Empire State's public pension fund to take...

August 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A greater decrease in liabilities than in assets helped the typical U.S. pension plan eke out a 0.6% improvement in July, according to...

March 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Darwin Deason, founder of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS), and Cerberus Capital Management have offered to buy ACS for $6 billion.

August 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The State of Michigan Retirement Systems will devote $300 million to efforts aimed at bringing in and then keeping successful employers to the...

August 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private-sector pension insurer is looking for help in putting into place a new investment policy calling for 10% of its assets...

August 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's second largest public pension plan is looking for a consultant team.

July 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Methuen Retirement board in Massachusetts has agreed to turn its pension funds over to the state in cash, ending a battle with...

July 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New Hampshire socially responsive investment (SRI) money manager has agreed to a $500,000 settlement with federal regulators of charges it improperly bought...

July 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth has charged Merrill Lynch & Co. with fraud over charges it marketed auction-rate securities while not accurately...

July 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to the Association for Financial Professionals' (AFP's) 2008 Compensation Report, compensation for financial professionals in 2007 outpaced that of the national workforce...

July 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TIAA-CREF has agreed to pull a controversial ad urging federal employees to roll over their assets from the federal retirement savings plan without...

July 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey by an Alpharetta, Georgia research firm finds that stock options are gradually losing their status as the most common form...

July 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The city of San Diego has hammered out a $2.8-million settlement agreement with a law firm the city accused of not disclosing the...

July 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The San Diego City Council on Monday affirmed a compromise deal reached between Mayor Jerry Sanders and three municipal unions on a pension...