Administration

Recent regulations have sparked the need for defined benefit plan sponsors to implement changes to plan administration and/or investment strategies and consider hiring or changing service providers.

Recent regulations have sparked the need for defined benefit plan sponsors to implement changes to plan administration and/or investment strategies and consider hiring or changing service providers.

December 5, 2007 (Washington, D.C.) - With a flawed defined benefit plan funding landscape behind us and following the setting of new funding rules with the passage of...

As defined benefit plan sponsors look for ways to increase funding and manage risk, 120/20 and 130/30 funds are increasingly being touted as useful investment strategies.

December 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Christopher Cox has launched the first-ever online tool that enables investors to see what 500 of the...

December 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - New regulatory guidance from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allows public companies to keep using a simplified method to estimate their...

December 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of the city of San Diego City Employees' Retirement System (SDCERS) has adopted a 14-point plan negotiated with the Internal Revenue...

December 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. lawyers are on track to bring about 58% more shareholder class action cases this year, Reuters reports.

December 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With concerns about a deepening global credit crisis unabated, major U.S. financial institutions are increasingly turning to sovereign wealth funds for capital infusions.

December 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. (MMC) has announced it will replace embattled CEO Michael Cherkasky and is evaluating strategies to boost shareholder value.

December 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has launched a search for independent fiduciaries for its Private Equity Proactive Portfolio.

December 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation has completed its acquisition of ABN AMRO Mellon Global Securities Services B.V. following regulatory approval from...

December 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hartford has managed a hat trick, announcing its third acquisition this month.

December 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined benefit plan sponsors with a December 31 measurement date should consider increasing the 2007 discount rate used for their pension calculations by...

December 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three quarters (77%) of employees surveyed by BNET.com say that CEOs are overpaid, and 64% of top executives agree.

December 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Purple Book, a report from the Pensions Regulator and Pension Protection Fund (PPF) of the picture of the UK's final salary pensions...

December 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration has adopted a new investment asset allocation for its $250 billion portfolio to...

December 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey is closer to becoming one of the states to prohibit state pension money from being invested in companies doing business in...

December 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has agreed to acquire Retirement Consulting Actuaries, Inc. (RCA).

December 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stung by the controversy over problems in their troubled local-government investment fund, State of Florida officials have now widened their investment fund probe...