Administration

July 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In addition to its many other legal problems, the city of San Diego's pension system is expected to seek city council approval to...

July 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After being lambasted by shareholders and slammed with lawsuits over its stock options grant practices, UnitedHealth Group has decided to pay its directors...

June 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As part of its call for sweeping changes to certain US accounting and reporting rules, the staff at the US Securities and Exchange...

June 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The last of the initial four firms charged in the mutual fund trading scandal has come to terms with state and federal regulators.

June 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Since October 2003, 20 companies have frozen their DB plans, but in an analysis issued this month, Merrill Lynch advised companies to wait...

June 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Higher interest rates should help improve the overall US pension funding picture, the former chief of the nation's private-sector pension insurer said.

June 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Private equity investors were buoyed in 2003 by stronger deal pipelines, rising valuations and an increase in initial public offering (IPO) activity.

June 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Employee Stock Option Coalition (IESOC) has called the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) recent mandate to record all stock option grants...

June 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—A group of five state treasurers met Tuesday with officials to discuss implementing comprehensive disclosure principles for Section 529 college savings plans, a news release...

June 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California State Controller Steve Westly wants the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) to play a more active role in setting executive compensation...

June 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Capital Research and Management, money manager for the $450-billion American Funds mutual fund group, is apparently being scrutinized for potential directed brokerage violations.

June 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) analysts David Zion and Bill Carcache think the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is off base with its...

June 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The parent of scandal plagued Putnam Investments has folded the company's defined contribution administration business into its Mercer HR Outsourcing unit.

May 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A fiduciary expert on Tuesday applauded the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its recently released report on potential conflict of interest problems...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State of Colorado lawmakers announced Friday they and Governor Bill Owens have hammered out an accord to fix the state's ailing public employee...

May 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A week after beleaguered San Diego worked out an agreement with one of its unions predicted to generate $200 million in savings for...

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State of Colorado lawmakers announced Friday they and Governor Bill Owens have hammered out an accord to fix the state's ailing public employee...

May 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oppenheimer & Co. said current and former workers face potential action from federal and state regulators regarding their involvement in abusive mutual fund...

May 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three veteran San Diego officials involved in that city's ongoing pension scandal stepped down from their positions this week.

May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The assets of all Section 529 plan programs, which are meant to help pay for higher education, climbed 6.8% to $82.6 billion in...