Administration

September 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A $125 million settlement between Merrill Lynch & Co. and investors over the company's publishing of biased research got federal court approval on...

September 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) surveyed said a new kind of talent is needed to steer the finance function beyond traditional roles within a...

September 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A trade group representing more than 500 U.S. public pension funds has backtracked on its previous opposition to proposals to raise taxes on...

September 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An increasingly lucrative tobacco market could tempt the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) to lift its ban on international tobacco stocks, the...

June 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Minnesota State Auditor Pat Anderson is investigating what she calls an "illegally created trust" for the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund.

September 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A death in a CEO's family could have some link to the downward shifts in a company's profitability, according to research by three...

June 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The UK's Pensions Regulator has issued additional guidance for pension scheme trustees and their professional advisors regarding summary funding statements.

September 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Activists pushing for divestment in companies with business links to Sudan have announced a few new targets that include big mutual fund companies...

September 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Activists pushing for divestment in companies with business links to Sudan have announced a few new targets that include big mutual fund companies...

September 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Struggling auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. will pay employees and retirees $47 million to make up for losses in retirement accounts, clearing the...

September 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre has complained to a Congressional lawmaker that federal securities regulators haven't "confront(ed) malfeasance by local officials."

September 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre has complained to a Congressional lawmaker that federal securities regulators haven't "confront(ed) malfeasance by local officials."

September 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey officials have decided to use $100 million in cash from the public employee pension fund to invest in companies doing business...

September 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A clause under a new investment policy recently approved for the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, pension program bars the county's investment managers from investing...

September 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alerus Financial will acquire the recordkeeping and advisory operations of the Stanton Group, a Minneapolis-based benefits, compensation and insurance services firm.

April 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dutch bank ABN AMRO has announced that it has reached an agreement with Highbury Financial Inc. to sell its US mutual fund business...

April 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) panel has formally recommended exempting thousands of small public companies from parts of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act...

April 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Federal Home Mortgage Co. (Freddie Mac) has agreed to pay $410 million to settle a class-action securities lawsuit involving two Ohio pension...

April 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report by Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, "Building Retirement Security at Home," found that 85% of Americans view their homes as a...

September 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Struggling auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. will pay employees and retirees $47 million to make up for losses in retirement accounts, clearing the...