Administration

April 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employment Cost Index (ECI), which measures changes in compensation, including wages, salaries and benefit costs, increased by 4.1% in the year ending...

April 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The passage of the Investor and Capital Markets Fee Relief Act, aimed to lower fees on securities transactions and increase pay for Securities...

April 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most of the slim $2 billion increase in combined investments for 401(k) plans between 1999 and 2000 was due to contributions by employers...

March 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is raising the fee it charges for stock market transactions, due to the declining dollar volume in equities...

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Department of Labor (DoL) Secretary Elaine Chao has apparently tapped State Street Corp. to take over Enron Corp.'s three retirement plans, the...

March 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of financial professionals believe that new disclosure rules have reduced the amount of security information available, while nearly three-fourths believe...

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There is a potential problem brewing in the UK over the "insufficient" qualifications of pension-fund trustees, according to a new study.

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) cast its vote to oppose the merger of Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) with the Compaq Computer Corporation,...

February 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most companies with defined benefit pension plans will suffer some kind of hit to their bottom line, courtesy of the turbulent markets, according...

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -A number of companies that don't have employee stock ownership plans, (ESOPs) but offer company stock in their 401(k) plans are creating ESOPs within...

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -LTV says it believes the federal government will take over the Cleveland, Ohio-based steelmaker's pension plans at the end of March.

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Credit Suisse First Boston has a new alternative investment offering for pension funds and other institutional investors.

February 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate Banking Committee will meet Thursday to consider a bill that could save investors billions in securities trading fees.

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The performance of employee directed defined contribution plans lagged defined benefit plans by about 1% per year between 1990 and 1998, a new...

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors should remember that fixed income isn't risk free - in fact, last year the number of corporate defaults was at its highest,...

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only half of the executives polled by the Conference Board say their recent involvement in an M&A deal succeeded.

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A separate agreement between Lucent Technologies and the union representing many of its most senior employees may have cost hundreds of workers who...

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The economic downturn in 2001 claimed comparatively few financial firms, according to an insurance-rating company.

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest planned acquisition by BB&T Insurance Services should help expand its employee benefit offerings, according to the company.

January 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IBM says it has restored its US pension plan to a fully-funded status, thanks to some $3.95 billion in contributions.