Administration

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Research & Management Inc., a unit of MetLife Inc., has announced plans to halt international equity investing, according to a Dow...

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California State Treasurer Phil Angelides has introduced a plan to use California's $270 billion in pension investments and large market presence to influence...

December 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The terrorist attacks on America wiped out all other significant investment-related stories in 2001, with the global economic downturn a coming in at...

December 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall has joined a civil lawsuit seeking to freeze the assets of a number of Enron Corp.'s...

November 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined-benefit pension plans are rapidly embracing "bundled" provider offerings, according to a new study by financial services consultant Chatham Partners.

November 21, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the face of rising unemployment, the majority of US employees surveyed believe that their employers will avoid trimming payrolls at all costs, a...

October 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania benefits and compensation consultants have joined forces to form a new company called TBG Consulting, according to a media announcement.

October 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The fallout from the Advanced Investment Management storm of controversy this summer continues with the firing of an investment consultant who helped pick...

September 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thomson Financial has named its Q2 2002 lineup of institutional investment manager all stars including pension and 401(k) plan managers in more than...

September 21, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - As a display of confidence in the US economy, following last week's devastating terrorist attacks, New York City will invest $800 million of the...

September 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart has sued several insurance companies for more than $150 million in restitution for losses related to corporate-owned life insurance (COLI) policies.

September 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Corporate recovery may be tough for some companies because many workers aren't clear on how they personally contribute to their employer's overall goals, according...

September 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More companies laid off and avoided hiring people than was expected shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks last year, but employees' compensation...

September 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former WorldCom Inc. workers trooped into US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan to demand that the former telecommunications giant come across with tens of...

September 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Declining profit margins among European asset managers until 2004 will likely lead to shifting asset allocation strategies, including putting more money in equities,...

September 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Monday the first global foreign exchange settlement bank began trading, offering additional comfort for foreign exchange transactions.

August 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new legislative proposal in California would bar companies that move to another country so they won't be on the hook for US...

August 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The deal to transition the recordkeeping of Prudential Financial's small-plan defined contribution clients to BISYS has been completed, Prudential announced.

August 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 43 companies, which have already pledged to expense employee stock options, would suffer only a 4.2% hit to earnings if they had...

August 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A move by a New Jersey Congressman to strike a law requiring that Americans start withdrawing money from their Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA)...