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May 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by Raytheon Co. shareholders who claimed the auditing firm signed off on misleading financial...

May 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wachovia Retirement Services has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the defined contribution recordkeeping business of Ameriprise Financial Inc.

May 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by Raytheon Co. shareholders who claimed the auditing firm signed off on misleading financial...

May 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alaska's Senate Finance Committee has appropriated $400,000 to hire a law firm to investigate the state's pension liability and whether advice from Mercer...

May 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The defendants in the federal pension fraud case have requested the trial be moved outside the city claiming that the jurors in the...

May 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has prepared examples to clarify the effect of proposed accounting changes for pensions and other post-employment benefits...

April 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of the Oregon Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) approved 3-2 a proposal to put $1.6 billion in reserves back into the...

April 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The collective pension shortfall in FTSE 100 UK pension plans was down to £60 billion in March, according to data from Deloitte &...

April 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials at Montana's two public pension funds are putting their collective heads together starting Monday in an effort to find ways the plans...

April 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The times are definitely changing when it comes to defined benefit pension plans.

April 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IBM shareholders have thrown their backing behind a non-binding proposal that urges the computer giant to treat stock options as an expense -...

April 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is now threatening to use its investment leverage with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. to press...

April 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state legislator has introduced a bill that would establish common disclosure guidelines for venture capital firms when they accept money from...

April 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - South Carolina's two competing pension reform bills differ sharply regarding who is picking up the final costs, according to The Columbia State newspaper.

April 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Janus Capital Group Inc. has announced that it will pay $225 million to settle allegations that it allowed improper trading of its fund...

April 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a scenario that echoed goings-on at The Walt Disney Co., food group Nestle has successfully fought off a corporate governance proxy initiative...

March 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York money manager Alliance Capital Management Holding L.P. announced Tuesday that it has kicked off settlement talks with the NASD of improper...

March 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After a 5% advance in January, Global Equity Markets fell 0.24% for February, according to data from Standard & Poor's (S&P).

March 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Little Rock, Arkansas benefits technology company has unveiled a multi-custodial platform for Health Savings Accounts (HSA) that incorporates the role of the...

March 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A full panel of federal appellate judges has breathed new life into a legal battle by American Airlines employees over the length of...