Administration

June 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A coalition of government officials, retirement systems, and unions has sent a letter to Congress saying the use of inappropriate and incomplete information...

June 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. money manager BlackRock Inc. announced it has hired Curtis Arledge, a former senior executive at Wachovia Corp., as co-head of U.S. Fixed...

June 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trustees for the $10-billion Arkansas Teacher Retirement System have approved $140 million in private equity and real estate investments.

June 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Houston law firm that was brought into San Diego's ongoing pension mess has agreed to a $4.35-million settlement with city officials.

June 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a fierce battle by Garden State unions, a New Jersey state Senate committee has approved a package of six reform proposals for...

June 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York State Controller Thomas DiNapoli has authorized significant raises for nearly three dozen members of his state pension investment team, the Daily...

June 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments has named Gerald Sullivan managing director and senior portfolio manager and Rob Brookby senior vice president and portfolio manager of Putnam's...

June 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 2007 was very kind to the defined benefit pension plans at the largest U.S. companies, according to a new study.

June 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Advisers appear to see a bright future for exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, at least according to a survey sponsored by a major ETF...

June 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former second in command at giant retailer Wal-Mart Stores has charged in a lawsuit that the company's general counsel led a "witch...

August 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One current and three former Ohio State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) officials are the latest to face conflict-of-interest charges in the scandal that...

June 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The law firm of Stember Feinstein Doyle & Payne, LLC is investigating whether conduct of certain fiduciaries to the Wachovia Savings Plan, the...

June 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Apple Computer Inc. has announced that an internal investigation has found irregularities related to some stock option grants the company issued.

June 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A rise in the equity markets again in May led to a 3.2% increase in the funded status of the typical U.S. pension...

June 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Services Commission of Ontario said it has filed 15 charges against trustees of the Canadian Commercial Workers Industry Pension Plan for...

June 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. has announced the addition of hedge fund information to Morningstar.com for investors and to its Morningstar Advisor Workstation Office Edition for...

June 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is reported to be in talks to raise as much as $5 billion by early this week - and...

June 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cablevision Systems Corp has agreed to a $34.4 million settlement of an investor lawsuit over its stock options award practices.

May 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The North Carolina retirement system will not support the re-election of five directors who serve on Exxon Mobil Corp.'s compensation committee, the state's...

May 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Invesmart Inc. has determined that 58 basis points or less is a reasonable standard for investment management fees paid by retirement plan participants...