Administration

June 16,2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nvest, the Boston-based investment management firm, will become part of CDC Asset Management, the money management arm of France's Caisse des Depots Group. CDC...

June 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Suits alleging fraud in the sale of variable annuities - including those as an investment in 401(k) or IRAs - are preempted by...

June 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the last four years, assets invested in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) have grown by an average compound rate of 128%, outpacing all...

June 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Some form of Social Security privatization is supported by 43% of US investors polled in a survey.

May 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half (55%) of working Americans would accept a reduction in their benefits it they could direct part of their social security...

May 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Insurance giant Allstate Corp is going into the banking business with plans to launch Allstate Bank nationwide.

May 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment banks Credit Suisse First Boston, Lehman Brothers and UBS Warburg have bought equity stakes in the electronic bond trading firm BondBook LLC.

April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Proxy advisory firm Proxy Monitor has softened its position against shareholder ratification of auditors who bill "disproportionate" fees for non-audit work to companies...

December 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - INVESCO Private Capital, a New York-based venture capital and private equity firm, announced Monday that it is closing the INVESCO Partnership Fund III...

December 15, 2000 (HedgeWorld.com)—The bears most definitely are not headed back into their caves. Dedicated short-bias funds posted the best returns for the year in the month of...

November 15, 2000 (HedgeWorld.com)—The Varma-Sampo, Finland's largest pension and insurance group, which oversees in excess of $17 billion in assets, plans to allocate up to 5% of its...

November 15, 2000 (HedgeWorld.com) - Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System, Baton Rouge, will hire managers this week for its first hedge fund allocation and preparing for more private...

November 15, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pax World Funds, leading a coalition of socially focused institutional investors, has found a new target for change - calling on Sony's American...

October 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When a college education is the savings goal, 529 plans compare favorably to other investment vehicles, a recent study by TIAA-CREF Institute finds.

October 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Polaroid Corp. has informed employees that the company's pension plan is underfunded, the Boston Globe reported.

October 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although almost 80% of CEOs report having a business plan with measurable goals tied to its targeted growth pace, many say that fast...

October 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Partly due to the increased popularity of defined contribution retirement plans, the estimated number of households investing in mutual funds has grown by...

October 3, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than a third of the world's largest companies use a treasury management system (TMS) to automate treasury functions, a study by Greenwich Associates...

September 15, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frank Russell was the consultant of choice among large plan sponsors last year.

August 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies owned by private equity investors, or portfolio companies, are increasingly using equity-based compensation packages as senior management incentives, according to a survey.