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December 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Neuberger Berman Inc. has agreed to acquire substantially all the assets of LibertyView Capital Management, Inc., an alternative investment manager.

December 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An effort to unionize Allstate Corp.'s exclusive agents ran aground when a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that...

December 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ford Motor Co said its US pension plan underfunding has declined by about $1 billion from the $6 billion projected earlier.

December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ten current and former female sales executives have filed a sexual discrimination suit against Combined Insurance Company of America, claiming male managers harassed...

December 26, 2000 (HedgeWorld.com) - Effective immediately, gain or loss from a securities futures contract will be regarded as a gain or loss from a transaction in the...

December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Online advice provider Financial Engines has trimmed its employee roster by about 15% and undergone a reorganization, the company said.

December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the end, Unilever Superannuation Fund (USF)'s £130 million negligence suit against Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) ended not with a bang, but...

November 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - AMP, an Australian financial services company, will begin offering an online financial planning and advice service, called My Plan, powered by technology from DirectAdvice.

(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a promising fourth quarter, the year opened poorly for pension plans, with liabilities increasing by 1.59% in January, while assets decreased by 0.87%, according to...

February 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets held in separately managed accounts increased by 12.8% in the fourth quarter of 2001, and fell by less than 0.5% over the...

February 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last year, global assets under management edged up by a scant 0.2%, or less than $100 billion, according to estimates from consultant Cerulli...

February 11, 2002(PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush nominated Donald S. Prophete, senior attorney with the labor and employment division of Sprint's legal department, to the position of general counsel...

November 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has announced that the maximum benefit it will guarantee for retirees in underfunded, single-employer defined benefit plans...

November 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday extended the GUST remedial plan amendment period from December 31, 2001 to February 28, 2002.

November 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) have introduced a new investment advice bill, one that purports to protect employers without...

November 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House will consider H.R. 2269, the Retirement Security Advice Act, authored by Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Boehner (R-Ohio) tomorrow, just...

February 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 80% of employers are allowing employees, aged 50 and over, to make catch up contributions to their retirement plans this year, implementing...

November 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - One-third of American parents have not started a college savings program for their children, of these, two thirds can't afford to do so, which...

November 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the close of its $1 billion acquisition of the asset management business of Liberty Financial Cos Inc, Fleet Asset Management will take on...

November 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Florida state pension officials decided to increase the number of private investment companies that will have a shot at selling defined contribution plans to...