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July 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time, the majority of Fortune 500 companies offer domestic partner health insurance benefits, according to the latest survey by a...

July 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chicago - Among the most common reasons for handing over the administrative reins of a company's retirement plan have been hopes of skimming...

May 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Louisiana teachers pension fund has asked a Delaware court to give American International Group (AIG) as much as $1 billion from a...

July 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Alaska Supreme Court blocked an effort Friday by three labor unions to stop a new retirement system for the state's public employees...

July 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal tax officials have advised that the prohibited transaction excise tax imposed when an employer does not transfer participant deferrals or other contributions...

July 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A case settled last week by California's 2nd District Court of Appeal that further defined the state's conflict-of-interest law may have bearing on...

April 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New England Pension Consultants (NEPC), for Vermont Treasurer Jeb Spaulding, has issued a Request for Information (RFI) from investment managers who focus on...

April 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), the nation's second-largest public pension fund, signaled its intent Thursday to dump its holdings in firms...

April 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The University of California (UC) has announced that it will receive a $13.25 million settlement from Citigroup and its former Salomon Smith Barney...

April 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has given the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 90 days to consider public input about the costs of...

April 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An announced share vote by the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) on Warren Buffett's re-election to the Coca-Cola board signals the giant...

April 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many firms are bringing outsourced functions back-in house, citing dissatisfaction with a lack of cost savings and a failure of the process to...

April 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BISYS has announced that due to an ongoing investigation into its mutual fund services' business, its has launched a Board-led internal investigation and...

April 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has signed legislation that will allow three state pension funds to invest more freely in alternative assets.

April 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New Jersey federal judge has tapped four law firms as co-lead counsel in the case filed by pension funds and other investors...

April 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California State Controller and gubernatorial candidate Steve Westly steered the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) to invest in a fledgling venture capital...

April 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Florida public pension fund can't pin its Enron losses on Alliance Capital Management, according to a state court jury.

April 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Express financial advisory unit is taking the unusual step of claiming in a federal court lawsuit that New Hampshire state securities...

April 19 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has begun a search for up to six active equity managers to invest about 10% of its...

March 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has come out with its mandatory stock option expensing proposal, but Towers Perrin says the effect...