Administration

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

August 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has reaffirmed its basis that stock option awards should be treated as equity and not a liability.

August 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is reviewing a possible rule that would require public disclosure of talks between trustees and investment...

August 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the latest step meant to increase transparency in the industry following last September's scandal, the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has voted...

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 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 New York investment advisor who is trustee for a number of trust fund clients has filed a federal court lawsuit against Maytag,...

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...

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...

June 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors Corp. (GM) has announced its opposition to increased notification regulations currently in the works for corporate pension plans.

June 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey has found that employee stock ownership is widespread in the U.S.

June 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Hampshire is coming after Morgan Stanley for allegedly coaxing brokers to sell in-house mutual fund and variable annuities with noncash incentives.

June 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Maine residents have dodged a bullet with regard to their utilization of college savings programs outside the state.

June 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has settled a four-year-old lawsuit with a Kansas-based restaurant chain over allegations of improperly granting stock...

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...