Administration

(May 13, 2002) -The UK Accounting Standards Board blames the weak equity market for the demise of the UK defined benefit pension plans.

May 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shareholders - including 401(k) participants - of toolmaker Stanley Works will get a second chance to vote on the firm's controversial decision to...

May 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Under new rules expected to be announced soon, companies would no longer be allowed to keep certain items out of their financial reports...

May 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Perhaps borrowing a page from similar rankings published in the US, a large UK money manager announced its list of socially responsible companies...

May 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Boston money manager has acquired ValueQuest, a $500 million active equity value manager.

May 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As investors, women have become smarter and more confident, but they are still some way away from achieving financial security.

May 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last year, UK pension funds poured almost twice as much money into private equity investments as the year before, according to a survey.

May 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly a quarter of private sector employers in the UK plan to close their defined benefit plans to new workers, and another 11%...

May 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shareholders at IBM Corp. have rejected five proposals that included pension plan options for workers and mandatory stock option expensing.

May 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court lawsuit over retirement-plan losses charges that Sprint Corp. did not adequately protect participants from risky investments in its own company...

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The heads of large public pensions funds are continuing their activist stance with a new campaign against global warming because of its effects...

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The San Jose Mercury News joined a University of California (UC) employees union in suing UC regents to force disclosure of the university...

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court in Manhattan has upheld claims by McGraw-Hill stopping Vanguard from using the S&P 500 and other Standard & Poor's...

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial professionals are increasingly embracing the Web as a way of doing business, according to a new survey.

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The General Accounting Office (GAO) says the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) is increasingly dipping into pension fund accounts to pay for administrative...

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - McDermott International Inc has launched a review into the possibility of re-domesticating back from Panama to the United States.

April 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will assume responsibility for paying pension benefits to more than 6,000 US Airways pilots.

March 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shareholder returns are significantly higher at firms with higher levels of executive stock ownership, according to a new study.

March 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study suggests that there is still a pronounced gender difference among Internet users with male Web surfers largely holding professional or...

March 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Consulting firm Hewitt Associates Inc. has filed for a $250-million initial public offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).