Administration

December 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The investment adviser and distributor for the Franklin Templeton mutual funds on Monday settled charges with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...

December 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge fund group Millennium Partners has agreed to a $180 million settlement with regulators over charges it engaged in market timing.

December 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TIAA-CREF on Monday launched an initiative to strike "evergreen" features in option plans related to executive compensation that permit the equity available for...

December 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The value of employee stock options declined drastically from 2001 to 2003, but the blow to CEOs was softened by the increase in...

December 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Fitch Ratings survey found that spiraling health care costs produced a plethora of problems for US state and local government officials far...

December 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether traders at Fidelity Investments improperly steered business to their brothers who work for brokerage firms...

October 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than a year of often-bitter legal dogfighting came to a close Monday when PeopleSoft Inc. - maker of popular HR software products...

December 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the board of the of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) have voted to demand that major car makers meet...

December 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. has announced that it will begin providing ratings for A shares purchased by investors who do not pay front-end loads or...

December 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A government-sponsored report has advised UK employers to pay 10% to 15% of staff pay into pension plans.

December 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional asset management fees are higher for asset classes with the greatest potential to add value, with emerging markets management coming in as...

December 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Staff members of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have okayed a resolution by four large US pension funds allowing shareholders to...

Chicago, Illinois. November 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock plan administrators now find themselves stepping gingerly around new financial disclosures to avoid downstream hazards that may rear their head...

November 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former executives of a Phoenix custodian/trustee have become the first to be hit with criminal charges in the wide-ranging investigation of abusive fund...

November 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Market timed mutual fund trades have cost two UBS AG financial advisers their jobs and led to disciplinary action to be taken against...

October 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in even the smallest retirement programs today have access to an amazing level of one-on-one financial counsel in their workplace, and many...

October 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Under intense pressure from both lawmakers and the corporate world, US accounting lawmakers have retreated a step from their intention to impose employee...

October 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies are opening their corporate pocketbooks a good bit wider to contribute to worthy causes, according to new research.

October 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has clarified statements regarding accounting for pensions by state and local governmental employers, as well as accounting...

October 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four major pension funds, showing that they're willing to throw their weight around, have filed a proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission...