Administration

October 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has decided against the use of an 'extraordinary item' treatment for losses incurred in connection with the recent...

October 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors now have an additional investment "option" as the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) begins trading options on selected exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

October 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Monday the nation's largest public pension fund will vote to fire a number of investment managers in its first international equity manager...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) and the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) have teamed up to provide educational tools and research to...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) are becoming more popular with institutional investors as their increased exposure to the capital markets' translates in structural changes...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Order execution has become a little more transparent thanks to the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) "new" order execution quality...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Auto parts maker Federal-Mogul raised a few eyebrows last week when it announced that it was discontinuing its company stock program due to...

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shareholders of Getty Realty Corp have given the real estate company the green light for converting to real estate investment trust (REIT) status...

June 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Chances are if you've exercised stock options, you've been bitten -- and bitten hard -- by the alternative minimum tax (AMT). But now there's...

May 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The movement away from traditional defined benefit pension plans has translated into a foggier financial future for Baby Boomer retirees, according to a...

April 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The $12.6-billion Public Employees' Retirement System of Nevada has decided to continue to retain Bank of New York as its master custodian and...

March 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AMVESCAP PLC has signed a definitive agreement to acquire National Asset Management Co., a US institutional investment manager based in Louisville, Kentucky.

March 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's has unveiled Investability Quotient, a proprietary stock analysis system that evaluates a stock's investment characteristics across a universe of companies.

March 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock options continued to account for a larger percentage of executive salaries in 2000, adding an extra 28% to the pay package, according...

Feb. 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.COM)-The $170 billion CalPERS continued its move into the private equity arena, committing $425 million in a strategic relationship with the Carlyle Group, a huge...

February 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Internet firm InvestorForce has decided to sell the consulting practice it bought just 11 months ago.

February 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed more detailed rules about compensation in the form of employee stock options, and is considering other...

December 12, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Calvert Group is looking to hire a new Senior Vice President, Equities to oversee the firm's line of socially-screened equity products.

September 12, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total cash compensation in finance and accounting jobs continues to rise steadily, if not spectacularly according to a new nationwide survey from William...

September 12, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment advisory firms will likely have to "look up" the corporate ladder for individuals that may have made political contributions.