March 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Emerging from a firestorm of lawsuits after its failed merger with WorldCom Inc, Sprint Corp. has agreed to reinforce its corporate governance practices.
March 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite knowing about the potential financial consequences, nearly four in 10 respondents to a new survey say they would consider prematurely raiding their...
February 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in the now defunct United Companies Financial Corp's employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) have reached a $10 million settlement with the company's...
February 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ending months of speculation, Wachovia Corporation announced that it has agreed to merge its brokerage operations with those of Prudential Financial Inc. to...
February 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The financial markets might find it tough going to reopen after a major disaster without regulatory guidelines about how trading firms should prepare...
February 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's has released the methodology and constituents of the new Standard & Poor's (S&P) /Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Large Cap...
February 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A comparison of six methods for employee stock option valuation reveals the Black-Scholes method systematically overvalues employee stock options.
January 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AdminSource Inc., a subsidiary of AGF Management Limited, acquired the third-party fund valuation and recordkeeping business of TD Bank Financial Group.
January 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Treasurers, take note. There may be some good domestic economic news these days, but it's not from the credit world where bond defaults...
January 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An internal review of the trading policies of the money manager roster of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has pinpointed at...
January 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined benefit plan contributions increased three fold in 2002 to $21 billion from an average of $5.9 billion over the previous four years.
January 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Increasing numbers of public pension funds are signing on as plaintiffs in class-action suits, helping those filing the litigation walk away with win...
December 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) has announced its Mercury mutual funds will be consolidated and rebranded under the banner of Merrill Lynch Funds.
December 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Honeywell has made a $700 million stock contribution to its domestic pension plan - and appointed an independent fiduciary to oversee the investment.
December 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Credit rating agency Moody's has released a new report pointing out current, and potential future flaws, in the way stock options are issued,...
December 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This year, of course, has been more than usually trying for plan sponsors but, for the industry overall, the heightened awareness and attention...
December 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Deutsche Bank AG, Germany's biggest bank, is shaking up the management of its US fund unit that saw an asset outflow of $31...
December 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tillinghast's Directors & Officers (D&O) liability insurance premium index dropped 10% in 2004, the first decline seen in five years.
December 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 75% of Americans are worried about how the current economy will affect their household's finances and less than one half are satisfied...