Administration

May 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alaska's Senate Finance Committee has appropriated $400,000 to hire a law firm to investigate the state's pension liability and whether advice from Mercer...

May 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The defendants in the federal pension fraud case have requested the trial be moved outside the city claiming that the jurors in the...

May 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has prepared examples to clarify the effect of proposed accounting changes for pensions and other post-employment benefits...

May 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Famous for a pension investment portfolio that was entirely concentrated in bonds, United Kingdom (UK) retailer Boots PLC announced plans to shift assets...

May 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - San Diego's City Council on Tuesday repealed an ordinance that would have paid for a comprehensive legal defense for the six ex-trustees of...

April 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a scenario that echoed goings-on at The Walt Disney Co., food group Nestle has successfully fought off a corporate governance proxy initiative...

April 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The times are definitely changing when it comes to defined benefit pension plans.

April 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IBM shareholders have thrown their backing behind a non-binding proposal that urges the computer giant to treat stock options as an expense -...

April 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is now threatening to use its investment leverage with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. to press...

April 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Janus Capital Group Inc. has announced that it will pay $225 million to settle allegations that it allowed improper trading of its fund...

April 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The collective pension shortfall in FTSE 100 UK pension plans was down to £60 billion in March, according to data from Deloitte &...

April 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state legislator has introduced a bill that would establish common disclosure guidelines for venture capital firms when they accept money from...

April 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials at Montana's two public pension funds are putting their collective heads together starting Monday in an effort to find ways the plans...

April 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - South Carolina's two competing pension reform bills differ sharply regarding who is picking up the final costs, according to The Columbia State newspaper.

April 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of the Oregon Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) approved 3-2 a proposal to put $1.6 billion in reserves back into the...

March 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two Alaskan state senators have introduced a bill that would create defined contribution retirement plans for public employees, following the lead of other...

March 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A nonprofit think tank has called for Louisiana to combine the management of its four largest pension funds to save costs and produce...

March 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has adopted a multi-pronged approach to advocate majority voting procedures for corporate directors.

March 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York money manager Alliance Capital Management Holding L.P. announced Tuesday that it has kicked off settlement talks with the NASD of improper...

March 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey State Attorney General Peter Harvey on Tuesday announced that the state had charged three New Jersey-based financial advisors who helped a...