Administration

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) - 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...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shareholders of Getty Realty Corp have given the real estate company the green light for converting to real estate investment trust (REIT) status...

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...

June 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Chances are if you've exercised stock options, you've been bitten -- and bitten hard -- by the alternative minimum tax (AMT). But now there's...

May 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The movement away from traditional defined benefit pension plans has translated into a foggier financial future for Baby Boomer retirees, according to a...

April 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The $12.6-billion Public Employees' Retirement System of Nevada has decided to continue to retain Bank of New York as its master custodian and...