Administration

November 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has released a proposal for stock option accounting due to take effect in 2004.

November 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Computershare, Ltd. will acquire Charles Schwab's employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) clients.

November 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Electric announced a host of changes to its corporate governance practices, which the Fairfield, Connecticut company said would strengthen its board of...

November 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in the College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), TIAA-CREF's investment component, have turned aside four resolutions including those urging CREF to divest its...

November 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators are close to publishing new rules on the responsibility of the financial markets to have contingency planning in place for emergencies...

November 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a civil fraud complaint against hedge fund company Beacon Hill Asset Management

November 19, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 88% of investment professionals classify employee stock options grants as compensation - and believe that they should be recognized as an expense in...

November 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oak Brook, Illinois-based Van Kampen Management has sold a unit that specializes in managing fixed-income investments for pension funds, insurers and wealthy individuals...

November 19, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hickory Group and Roulston & Company have recently completed a merger transaction, the latest in the trend towards consolidation in the investment management...

November 19, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Equity markets may have nose-dived, but the average participant?s 401(k) asset allocation remained unchanged between 1999 and 2000, according to data from the EBRI/ICI...

October 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the controversy over companies pondering an offshore reincorporation to escape the US tax man, now comes word that one company is studying...

October 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A UK pension group has proposed a new "citizens pension" to replace the current state-funded pensions.

October 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment consultants are being used by more institutional investors than ever before, according to a new report by Berkeley-based Cooper Consultants.

October 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Bank of New York (BONY), determined to be prepared for any event, will now require some customers to have back-up communications links to...

October 19, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a bid to strengthen the link between compensation and performance at UK companies, shareholders are to be given the right to vote on...

October 19, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in the College Retirement Equities Fund portion of TIAA-CREF will put the issue of socially responsible investing to the vote at the fund?s...

October 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch's anticipated layoffs of thousands of workers will not affect its retirement division, according to a Merrill spokesperson.

August 31, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Compensation for Chief Executive Officers soared 535% during the 1990s, without adjusting for inflation, according to a new study. During the same period...

August 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of clients canceling contracts with beleaguered Advanced Investment Management amid allegations of improper trading has now grown to five, according to...

August 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Florida appeals court reinstated a lawsuit by a Gainesville, Florida public employee pension plan against a former investment advisor for not getting...