Administration

March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey of investment practices at public pension plans found that about half invest or plan to invest in alternative asset classes in...

March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The legislative to-and-fro over Kentucky public pension reform continues - as the state Senate okayed a measure with significant departures from a companion...

March 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An ongoing study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of over 5,000 businesses founded in 2004 found that just under 9% of firms...

March 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Segal Company survey of multiemployer pension plans finds that, under funding provisions of the Pension Protection Act that will take effect this...

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the markets, securities lending has been on its own roller coaster ride of late.

March 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report from Cerulli Associates suggests merger and acquisition (M&A) activity among financial firms has spurred growth of the managed accounts market, and...

March 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A CFO Summary just released by SEI Global Institutional Solutions outlines the potential impact on financial executives of the recently proposed pension disclosure...

July 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Illinois will have to boost its pension contributions into the state's pension system by $10.3 billion over four years in part because of...

March 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) trustees on Friday voted to oppose proposed state legislation that targets foreign government-controlled cash reserves called...

July 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has approved a $37.5 million settlement between Northern Trust Company and Enron retirement plan participants.

March 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -A Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation into insider trading allegations against the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) has prompted a reminder to public...

July 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey by the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) and underwritten by Credit Suisse Asset Management finds US businesses increased or maintained...

July 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An administrative law judge gave initial approval for the sale of PG Energy to UGI Corp., but called the companies' treatment of employee...

July 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of securities fraud cases granted class action status is declining, according to a new study.

June 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the exception of Social Security, 81% of Americans see themselves as responsible for bearing the weight of their financial security after retirement,...

June 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even if some companies have been skeptical about adopting Roth 401(k) plans, a new report by Hewitt Associates suggests that the retirement savings...

March 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Things are looking up for state retirement plans, according to the latest annual study by Wilshire Consulting of the state of the plans'...

June 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eleven former employees of a Honolulu optical technology company have charged in a federal lawsuit that the firm reversed course and refused to...

June 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch has launced a swap index series in response to pension funds' trend toward liability-driven investing, according to IPE.com.

April 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Going against objections by management, the shareholders of Bank of America Corp. voted yesterday to change the election process for its board of...