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April 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a sign that consolidation is continuing in the retirement plan recordkeeping space, Merrill Lynch on Thursday announced that it has agreed to...

April 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fiserv Securities has agreed to pay $15 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to settle charges of improper mutual fund trading.

April 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two mutual fund companies operated by Morgan Stanley and one of its subsidiaries have settled class action suits alleging that the funds defrauded...

March 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Social Security reform will probably not come to fruition during President Bush's second term, but fundamental tax reform could happen, according to Brian Graff, Executive...

March 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With institutional investors flowing steadily into the hedge fund space, the line between traditional money management and hedge fund houses is increasingly blurry,...

March 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Representatives from 15 major federal employee groups have passed a resolution to formally oppose the addition of a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)...

February 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Milwaukee County elected officials are pondering the potential of a lawsuit against pension actuaries who they say caused the area's pension plan to...

February 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill proposing the Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA) be closed and a defined contribution plan be implemented instead was rejected by...

February 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley has reassigned members of its former Pension Strategies Group (PSG) to a broader institutional-side unit.

February 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American International Group Inc. (AIG) has announced it has reached settlements with the Department of Justice (DoJ), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), New...

January 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Archipelago Holdings, an electronic stock exchange operator, is reported to be the front-runner in the quest to purchase Instinet.

January 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jumping into the debate surrounding suggested proposals for private defined benefit pension reform, the Employment Policy Foundation (EPF) is warning that any move...

January 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Twenty six Dutch pension funds have hit oil giant Shell with a lawsuit filed in an attempt to recover losses the institutional investors...

January 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The $36 billion Massachusetts state employees pension fund was one of the nation's top performers last year, boasting a 14.4% return.

January 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Siebel Systems Inc., bowing to investor pressure, has altered its executive compensation and bonus systems, earning the praise of pension giant California Public...

January 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is jumping into the ongoing probe of the US insurance industry with plans to sue broker Marsh &...

January 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The City of San Diego's pension's funding ratio has stabilized at around 67%, according to an actuarial valuation presented to the fund's Business...

January 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four former top officials in San Diego's city pension system and its current lawyer were charged Friday with wire fraud, mail fraud, and...

January 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - NASD has charged Oppenheimer & Co. and the firm's CEO, Albert Lowenthal, with knowingly submitting inaccurate and incomplete data on a NASD-requested self-assessment...

December 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Colorado's public pension plan has released a sweeping reform package that cuts benefits for future workers and seeks a small...