Administration

February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thirty-eight percent of the United Kingdom's institutional investors expect to increase allocation to private equity in the next two years.

February 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Last week the US Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) criticizing the proposed "hard close" change, saying...

February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly two-thirds of senior financial services executives responsible for trade processing say they will be ready for straight through processing (STP) by the...

February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While plan sponsors continue to demonstrate a willingness to add performance measurement services to their custodian bank relationship, consultants still seem to be...

February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AFL-CIO officials are caucusing this week at a luxury beachfront Florida hotel even though federal officials have charged that its union owners imprudently...

January 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Governor Gray Davis has proposed selling $1.5 billion in state bonds to make an annual payment to the state's two largest pension...

January 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bankrupt health-care financing agency hit with financial mismanagement charges announced that it expects to lock its doors by mid-2003.

January 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fresh from a defeat by the US Senate of a bill giving it more time to make required pension payments, US Airways claims...

January 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Large-cap mutual fund managers tend to overweight their portfolios with companies with above-average corporate governance profiles - a move that has paid dividends...

January 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Board of directors members are positive about the impact corporate governance reforms will have on board's operation (31%), detection of unethical behavior (35%)...

January 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has turned its investigative eye to the relationship pension funds have with investment consulting firms.

December 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Standard & Poor's 500 pension underfunding level grew to a record $259 billion in 2003, as a year-long bull market did little...

December 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Indiana Public Employees' Retirement Fund (PERF) staffer and convicted identity thief Shaunna Stone has been sentenced to a little more than four...

December 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An internal review of employee trading records at Principal Financial Group Inc uncovered evidence that some workers engaged in market-timing activities.

December 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has handed down a revised FASB Statement Number 132 mandating increased defined benefit plan disclosures.

December 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York stock transfer agent has agreed to acquire a beleaguered Phoenix custodian/trustee heavily caught up in the ongoing mutual fund trading...

November 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Franklin Resources Inc. the largest publicly traded US money management firm, is apparently nearing a settlement with California officials over charges it improperly...

October 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond orders for mutual funds sales are the latest questionable transaction to catch the eye of the Securities and Exchange Commission...

October 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As high-tech companies are running out of stock options, the stage is set for how they will defend their current practice of not...

October 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it appears in the US Bankruptcy Court on Monday, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) hopes to be awarded between $12 million...