Administration

August 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Legislature has urged the Golden State's public pension funds to use shareholder resolutions to pressure drug companies developing HIV/AIDS medications to...

August 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - German carmaker DaimlerChrysler AG has agreed to the $300-million settlement of a US class-action lawsuit filed by former Chrysler investors including pension funds...

August 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Things were heating up north of the border Friday, as CI Fund Management Inc. went on a shopping spree of some C$1 billion...

July 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After working overtime in recent weeks, the rumor mill can take break: Lehman Brothers and Neuberger Berman have announced a $2.6 billion cash...

July 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it comes to performance management and employee goals, there appears to be a disconnect between the way companies manage employee performance and...

July 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewlett-Packard's Board of Directors has laid down new shareholder adopted guidelines for executive severance plans and poison pill provisions.

July 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trying to stay at the top of the ledger sheet, the majority of accountants (76%) are investing more in their own practices in...

July 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Accounting regulators are getting closer to instituting stricter defined benefit pension reporting that will likely include more quarterly reporting on corporate pension contributions...

June 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal and state regulators are apparently on the cusp of hammering out settlements with Bank One Corp., Conseco Inc. and Invesco Funds Group...

June 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon Financial Corporation is buying Evaluation Associates Capital Markets (EACM), a $4.5 billion asset manager that offers hedge fund-of-funds and manager-of-managers investment strategies,...

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly six out of 10 companies made some change to their outside board of director compensation in 2003 in the face of stronger...

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) has announced plans to acquire New York-based equity-options strategies firm Volaris Advisors.

May 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A large 401(k) plan has pulled out of a tainted mutual fund family - and the remaining shareholders could be stuck with higher...

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UMB Bank, n.a. has signed a definitive agreement to sell its employee benefits business, including defined contribution, defined benefit, Taft-Hartley, and Flexible Spending...

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Insurance giant Aetna Inc. has agreed to fork over $100 million to more than 700,000 doctors in a $470-million settlement of a lawsuit...

April 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Compensation equity apparently has its own theory of "relativity," and it is extracting its toll on labor negotiations at American Airlines.

April 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even the affluent are fretting about the economy these days.

April 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA), already a key player in the financial reorganization of US Airways, is now seeking a central role...

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The trade group representing Canada's CDN$450 billion dollar mutual fund industry is considering recommending a 2% charge on investors making rapid trades in...

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reached a settlement with Bank of America Corp's securities arm in an alleged obstruction of...