Administration

February 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As of January 1, 2005, companies using international accounting standards will be required to treat stock options as an expense.

February 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co's variable life insurance policies have come under scrutiny after complaints from policyholders surfaced of being misled into think...

February 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Research Investment Services (SSR) has been slapped with a $1 million fine for "failing to prevent market timing of State Street...

February 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Missouri on Monday fired Paribas Capital as an approved broker-dealer for its $2.9 billion pension fund because of its French...

January 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Bankruptcy Court judge in Chicago overseeing United Airlines' business reorganization tossed out the carrier's new contract with its pilots - in...

January 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Beleaguered US Airways has reversed course in its drive to shave costs and agreed to pick up the tab for some of its...

January 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Board of Trustees of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) has filed suit in the Chancery Court of Davidson County, Tennessee, to...

December 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey from Robert Half International Inc. found that the majority of CFOs do not plan to offer higher salaries and bonuses in...

December 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California state officials have filed a lawsuit against a third-party administrator that alleges the firm diverted $2.2 million sent it by the state...

December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Indiana Public Employees' Retirement Fund (PERF) chief benefits officer (CBO) and convicted identity thief Walter Kevin Scott has been sentenced to 10...

December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - South Carolina Retirement Systems (SCRS) has hired a full-time investment analyst for the state's $9.5 billion stock portfolio.

December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has touched off an investigation into the personal trading records of the nation's mutual fund managers...

December 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California state officials have filed a lawsuit against a third-party administrator alleging the firm diverted $2.2 million sent it by the state Department...

December 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When state of Montana lawmakers convene for a special legislative session next week, improving state pension funding will be an issue high on...

December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - South Carolina Retirement Systems (SCRS) has hired a full-time investment analyst for the state's $9.5 billion stock portfolio.

November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - British Airways (BA) has warned that its new defined contribution pension plan will fall short of providing the same benefit level as its...

November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oracle's ongoing hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft Inc. got a boost Wednesday when the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) tendered its PeopleSoft...

November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi on Thursday announced he had sued broker Universal Life Resources (ULR) of San Diego and four major insurers...

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After news came down Thursday that New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is considering charging Strong Financial head Richard Strong with defrauding...

October 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state legislator plans to propose the end of the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) as the state knows it, replacing...