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May 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) corporate governance reforms cost private companies an average $50,000 last year while their public counterparts reported a compliance...

July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CVS Corp. has agreed to a $3 million settlement in a case involving its 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership plans, according to a...

July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Diversified Investment Advisors has introduced e-Statements to allow plan participants to view their account statements online.

July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Diversified Investment Advisors has introduced e-Statements to allow plan participants to view their account statements online.

July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Mercer Investment Consulting survey has found that the move by UK pension plans from equity to bond positions continues, but has...

July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Projected international equity assets under management at US institutions rose almost 30% in the past year, according to a report issued by Greenwich...

July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A year after the passage of a new family leave law in California, the take-up rate was less than supporters had hoped -...

July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer Human Resource Consulting on Tuesday unveiled a new retirement savings program in which an employee purchases "Retirement Shares" with an employer's yearly...

May 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual funds held in retirement accounts, both individual and employer-sponsored, accounted for one-third of all mutual fund assets in existence at the end...

July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill that would change the taxation rules on domestic partner benefits has been reintroduced in the Senate.

April 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California lawmakers have rejected Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's nominee for the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) board of trustees - leaving the 12-member...

April 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) will hang onto its investments in the Philippines after all, citing ongoing reforms in that nation.

April 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York state Comptroller Alan Hevesi is enlisting the help of 235,000 Empire State pensioners to fight Governor George Pataki's plan to cap...

April 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has allowed Newmont Mining Inc. to omit a shareholder resolution submitted by five New York City pension...

April 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's largest public pension plan continued its corporate governance motivated "assault" last week, announcing its intention to withhold votes from directors at...

April 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Another scandal-embroiled fund family has decided to impose broad-based redemption fees on market timers.

April 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The embattled Indiana Public Employees' Retirement Fund (PERF) has opened up a new downtown Indianapolis service center as the fund tries to change...

March 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of New Mexico Senate has approved three proposals to help shore up the state's teachers' pension fund and help close a...

March 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it comes to investing in hedge funds, investors are more prone to consider strategy or style than manager experience, performance, or fees,...

March 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight years from now, the separately managed account (SMA) industry will boast 12.5 million accounts with $2.1 trillion in assets, a new study...