Administration

August 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has unanimously agreed to end the practice of directed brokerage.

August 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of benchmark pension plans improved in most major markets in the second quarter.

August 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MetLife Inc and BlackRock Inc are negotiating a sell of MetLife's State Street Research & Management Co investment firm.

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Public and private plan sponsors have a new investment management and advisory boutique vying for their investment business.

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The cost of fiduciary liability insurance, which includes coverage for trustees of pension funds and trusts, as well as coverage for directors and...

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent study shows socially responsible investments (SRI) do not necessarily translate into lower returns for public pension funds and may improve the...

July 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York investment advisor who is trustee for a number of trust fund clients has filed a federal court lawsuit against Maytag,...

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Buffeted by continuing financial woes at its health insurance business, CIGNA Corp. is exploring its options with its pension and investment-services business.

July 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that the federal government has to pay General Motors as much as $253 million for one of its...

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recent downturn in the stock markets combined with skyrocketing health-care costs are being given the credit for Alaska's Public Employees' Retirement System...

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employees' union trying to force the release of information about the venture capital investments of the University of California's (UC) pension funds...

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Vermont State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) is looking to curb the practice of public school administrators retiring to collect state retirement benefits...

June 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study by two Syracuse University researchers has found a significant link between the size of an employer retirement plan match and...

June 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Demanding the resignation of embattled Ohio State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) executive director Herbert Dyer will come at a price - and not...

June 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A prominent proxy advisor has bucked pressure from the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and reiterated its backing of the Anthem Inc....

June 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About 40 employees of Bank One's equity management group are expected to be affected by the company's decision to relocate much of the...

June 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's (S&P) has announced plans to develop a new methodology of evaluating mutual funds in the United States.

June 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—By issuing a margin call that forced a customer to liquidate investments in various fund accounts, Refco Capital Markets, Ltd. and Refco Securities, Inc. breached...

June 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has rubber stamped new listing recommendations made by the major markets and ordered listed companies in the...

June 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite years of drum-banging about the need for sufficient retirement savings, most Americans will still fall short of the goal of having enough...