Administration

November 9, 2004 (PLANPONSOR.com) - The Bank of New York (BoNY) has admitted that its Pershing LLC unit is being investigated regarding possible market timing and that it...

November 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's largest public pension fund is pressuring Royal Dutch/Shell Group, to require external auditing of its oil and gas reserves.

November 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Embattled Marsh & McLennan Cos. on Tuesday unveiled plans to lay off 3,000 workers and announced a tentative $40 million settlement involving its...

November 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California State Treasurer Phil Angelides has called on the state's two giant public pension plans to prod four companies to reform their executive...

November 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Microsoft Corp. shareholders on Tuesday approved a special $32-billion dividend ($3 per share) to compensate employees for the projected share decrease when the...

November 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ohio's five retirement systems sent a joint letter to Governor Bob Taft, Senate President Doug White, and Speaker of the House Larry Householder...

November 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In spite of the sustained shifts in the markets, or perhaps largely as a result, plan sponsors have hung tough with their current...

November 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UAL Corp, the parent company of United Airlines, plans to continue funding its pension obligations, not wanting to shift that burden to the...

November 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Connecticut State Treasurer Paul Silvester, who plunged the state into a far-reaching pension investment scandal, has been sentenced to serve 28 more...

November 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Add Washington State and the City of Milwaukee as the latest pension funds to seek replacements for investments managed by Putnam Investments.

November 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension fund leaders from eight state and local governments and two labor groups have issued a 10-point "call for action" to increase corporate...

October 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it comes to corporate governance in executive compensation, companies in the United States are still trailing their United Kingdom counterparts.

October 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer has announced plans to assume responsibility for the pensions of 9,200 workers and retirees of bankrupt Weirton Steel...

October 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many US companies have still not budgeted the proper resources to achieve the required compliance under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a new survey found.

October 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The October reading of the State Street Investor Confidence rose 1.7 points to 104.2 from a revised September level of 102.5.

October 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most small-business owners are not prepared to take a major financial hit to the company's payroll, operating expenses and profits by carrying business...

October 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alleged market timing and late trading within its 401(k) client base may land Putnam Investments on the defendant side of a Massachusetts Secretary...

September 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended to the US Congress that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) require retirement plan fiduciaries...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Principal Global Investors plans to acquire a majority interest in high-yield bond manager MW Post Advisory Group.

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Concerned that millions of taxpayer and federal employee dollars were wasted, a Republican US Senator has kicked off a probe into a failed...