Administration

April 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian pension plans have reached their highest funding levels in nearly five years on the back of favorable investment returns, according to a...

April 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Piper Jaffray Companies announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Fiduciary Asset Management, LLC, a St. Louis-based investment management firm, for...

April 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The West Virginia Consolidated Public Retirement Board (CPRB) has decided to ask the state Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that the proposed...

December 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eighty-two percent of the reported profit for Lucent Technologies Inc. for the fiscal year that ended on September 30 comes from its $973-million...

November 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund group Federated Investors has agreed to pay $72 million to settle government allegations of improper fund share trading, authorities said on...

November 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey by Deloitte & Touche LLP shows that 80% of multinational companies are considering pension pooling solutions.

April 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study of defined benefit pension plan funding has joined a recent chorus of similar reports in the retirement services space in...

November 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawyers for international supermarket company Royal Ahold N.V. have hammered out a deal with plantiffs' counsel that calls for Ahold to pay $1.1...

April 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a flurry of hard- and soft-freezes, a new study finds a surprisingly strong commitment to defined benefit programs among corporate plan sponsors....

November 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The UK's pension system is "performing comparatively well" among other European Union nations, but that doesn't give the British government any room to...

April 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Executives at public pension funds may be faced with an impossible challenge: how do they follow divestment laws when doing so may mean...

April 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shareholders of two major financial institutions have turned down an opportunity to have a greater say in executive pay.

April 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Winnipeg-based Great-West Lifeco Inc., one of Canada's largest insurers, announced Monday that its American subsidiary has agreed to buy an 80% stake...

September 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bankruptcy judge has decided that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) can take over the United Air Lines pension plan for pilots...

April 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A week after the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) turned away from a broad-based ban on pension investments in Iran or terrorist...

September 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A consulting company that had been serving as an actuary for the City of San Diego has decided to bail out of any...

April 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The typical U.S. pension fund started 2007 with a funding ratio of approximately 103% and ended the quarter at 105%, mostly due to...

September 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite underfunding of pensions for US investor-owned power and gas companies, Fitch Ratings says no ratings actions are likely.

April 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A well-known ERISA litigation firm has turned its attention to the 403(b) market.

April 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Portfolio managers invest more heavily in stock holdings of firms that are run by individuals who went to the same college the managers...