April 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defense contractor Northrop Grumman reported a 34% drop in first-quarter net profit as weak equity markets clipped pension fund income.
April 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the second year in a row, an employee-backed shareholder proposal challenging IBM's pension policies has come up short.
April 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -A growing practice to award employee referral, hiring, or retention bonuses will still only have a minor impact on a company's overall labor costs,...
March 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the Enron scandal continues, a third of investors are skeptical of advice they might get from a professional advisor, a new survey...
March 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) will use a portion of the ¥9 trillion ($70 billion) in new funds earmarked for investment beginning...
March 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A whopping $8.8-billion in net assets flowed into hedge funds in the final quarter of last year, bringing year-to-date additions to the asset...
March 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enron may still be a major component of the business news most days, but that hasn't prompted many plan sponsors to make changes...
March 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate has approved legislation that would reduce fees to register and trade securities, saving investors and corporations an estimated $8.9 billion...
February 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Terry Hungle, 48, Nortel Networks' new chief financial officer, resigned abruptly Monday amid questions about investments he made in his 401(k) retirement plan...
February 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new British accounting rule could discourage employers from sponsoring pension plans that link employees' benefits to their final salaries, a survey by...
February 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - OAM Institutional, a subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, has agreed to acquire Gulf Investment Management, of Houston, a separate account manager.
December 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates has taken its outsourcing services to a new level, assuming the responsibility for 401(k) administration services for clients of Cleveland-based National...
December 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some Oregon public employers may be hit with gargantuan contribution rate increases of 70% to properly fund the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System...
December 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Calling them "not bona fide American companies" and "a poster child for the kind of corporate behavior that repels most US citizens," California...
December 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has sued Qwest Communications and a handful of top banks and financial services companies alleging the...
December 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chief Financial Officers (CFO) rank health care and stock option issues as very important to their company in 2003, but see growth in...
December 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A coalition of religious orders and environmentally activist investors have unveiled global warming related shareholder resolutions targeted at the world's two largest automakers.
December 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Airways Group Inc and its pilots union have reached a tentative agreement on $100 million in annual cost savings - half of...
December 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Airlines employees no longer hold any UAL stock in their 401(k) plans, and the 55% stake they once held in the airline...