Administration

May 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Volatile equity markets took a toll on 401(k) plan assets last year, with balances shrinking by $72 billion, losing ground for the first...

May 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust is rolling out three hedge funds including two targeting institutional investors.

April 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While equity indexes have fallen on hard times, their loss has been a gain for corporate bonds, and their investors.

April 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's third largest public pension system is considering upping its investment in secondary private equity investments.

April 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has added a social investing option for the 111,000 participants of its deferred compensation plan, joining a growing list...

March 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Hancock has sold its retirement plan recordkeeping business to Universal Pensions, Inc. (UPI).

February 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock option grants lifted the average annual compensation for outside board directors over $100,000 for the first time ever, but only a small...

December 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors looking to improve plan satisfaction should encourage participants to set retirement goals, a new study reports.

November 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ameritrade Holding Corporation and GMAC Bank have teamed up to provide a suite of online brokerage and financial capabilities to employees, retirees, shareholders and...

November 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chrysler will suspend its already trimmed 401(k) matching contributions in a cost-cutting measure and also plans to increase the number of jobs targeted...

November 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's largest public pension system has officially - and dramatically - cut back on previously announced plans to invest as much as...

November 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unilever Superannuation Fund (USF)'s CIO, Wendy Mayall, failed to reign in the rogue portfolio manager at the center of its £130 negligence case against...

October 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors now have an additional investment "option" as the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) begins trading options on selected exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

October 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Monday the nation's largest public pension fund will vote to fire a number of investment managers in its first international equity manager...

October 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOr.com) - The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has backed off proposals to increase capital set aside requirements for banks as well as the amount...

October 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has decided against the use of an 'extraordinary item' treatment for losses incurred in connection with the recent...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) and the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) have teamed up to provide educational tools and research to...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) are becoming more popular with institutional investors as their increased exposure to the capital markets' translates in structural changes...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Order execution has become a little more transparent thanks to the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) "new" order execution quality...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Auto parts maker Federal-Mogul raised a few eyebrows last week when it announced that it was discontinuing its company stock program due to...