Administration

October 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has dropped a proposed new rule that would require companies to provide information on expected rates of...

October 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has decided to offer private companies some flexibility in the way they value stock options.

September 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York law firm fighting a malpractice suit over client advice it rendered regarding mutual fund late trading transactions has won the...

September 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite their increasing popularity among retirement plan participants, a new study asserts that managed and/or life-cycle funds won't generate enough to allow participants...

September 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Massachusetts securities regulator announced Monday that he slapped two units of Franklin Templeton with a $5 million fine for permitting an investor...

August 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - North Carolina State Treasurer Richard Moore has asked a variety of private money managers to contribute $10,000 each for a non-profit group Moore...

August 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Massachusetts State Legislature, in a move that may signal future trends, has overriden Governor Mitt Romney's veto of legislation preventing the disclosure...

August 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following other large pension funds such as CalPERS, the Texas Teachers Retirement System (TRS) has decided to allocate up to 8.5% of its...

July 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's top business lobbying group has once again challenged a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule requiring more independence among mutual...

July 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers threw down the gauntlet Tuesday in their continuing battle with accounting rulemakers over pending stock options expensing proposals, with the US House...

July 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Another 401(k) company stock suit drew to a close today, as the Labor Department recovered $79 million for workers and retirees from former...

July 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private-sector pension insurer has requested proposals for an integrated financial and accounting system.

July 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The San Diego City Council approved two pension reform ballot measures to go before voters in November - a plan to pay off...

July 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - JPMorgan has has agreed to acquire Tranaut Fund Administration Ltd., a privately-owned hedge fund administration services company.

July 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A spokesperson for Virginia Attorney General Judith Williams Jagdmann said Thursday that her office had reviewed the $263,000 severance package for the state's...

June 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Qwest Communications has agreed to repay its pension plan $99,918 to cover company expenses improperly charged to the plan and interest.

June 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The NASD announced has imposed fines totaling more than $34 million on 15 broker-dealers for taking directed brokerage payments for giving preferential treatment...

May 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong Financial Corp. and state and federal regulators are nearing a settlement for alleged improper mutual fund trading reported to be at $75...

May 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More capital combined with the increasing availability of credit and reduced "haircut" requirement from prime brokers could boost the likelihood regulators will step...

May 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Embattled Safeway chairman and chief executive Steven Burd successfully beat back a concentrated shareholder effort to oust him and two Safeway directors.