Administration

May 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A large 401(k) plan has pulled out of a tainted mutual fund family - and the remaining shareholders could be stuck with higher...

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UMB Bank, n.a. has signed a definitive agreement to sell its employee benefits business, including defined contribution, defined benefit, Taft-Hartley, and Flexible Spending...

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Insurance giant Aetna Inc. has agreed to fork over $100 million to more than 700,000 doctors in a $470-million settlement of a lawsuit...

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly six out of 10 companies made some change to their outside board of director compensation in 2003 in the face of stronger...

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) has announced plans to acquire New York-based equity-options strategies firm Volaris Advisors.

April 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA), already a key player in the financial reorganization of US Airways, is now seeking a central role...

April 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Compensation equity apparently has its own theory of "relativity," and it is extracting its toll on labor negotiations at American Airlines.

April 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even the affluent are fretting about the economy these days.

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The trade group representing Canada's CDN$450 billion dollar mutual fund industry is considering recommending a 2% charge on investors making rapid trades in...

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reached a settlement with Bank of America Corp's securities arm in an alleged obstruction of...

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dennis Leone has thrown his hat into the political arena, announcing plans to run for a seat on the Ohio State Teachers Retirement...

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wells Fargo Funds Management has agreed to adopt all three Cooke & Bieler mutual funds.

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two of Europe's biggest insurance groups, ING and Aegon have been hit by demands for information about their variable life and annuity products...

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the largest US public pension fund, has withheld votes for five Hewlett-Packard Co. directors, citing the company's...

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A CPA trade group has formed a new quality control center for accounting firms auditing employee benefit plans.

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There is a good reason why many companies are slashing their stock option programs: they're running out of shares to include in grants,...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The fourth quarter of 2003 was kind to pension plans and other institutional investors with high single-digit returns.

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—As part of a restructuring of the firm, Stephen Nesbitt resigned as head of the consulting division at Wilshire Associates, Inc last week, after serving...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 50% of those putting assets into alternative investing plan to increase allocations to Long/Short Equity hedge fund managers in 2004 while...

February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Ninety percent of chief investment officers (CIOs) are optimistic about increased growth for assets under management (AUM) during 2004, according to a survey by Barra,...