February 21, 2001 (HedgeWorld.com) European institutional investors' use of hedge funds has more than doubled in 2000 and is likely to grow at a faster clip in...
January 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A slumping stock price, a resigning CEO and a memo from a concerned company vice president were apparently not enough to dissuade Enron...
January 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- While the vast majority of surveyed money managers say their performance reporting is compliant with at least one presentation standard, plan sponsors still have...
January 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a surprising move, the Internal Revenue Service says it won't impose employment and income tax withholding on certain stock option transactions until...
Washington, DC, January 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With potential GUST and EGTRRA amendments staring plan sponsors in the face, they are going to find it easier to pay...
December 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate has approved legislation to cut stock-trading fees, saving investors some $14 billion in securities transaction fees over the next decade.
December 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell/Mellon Analytical Services purchased UK-based Combined Actuarial Performance Services, Ltd. (CAPS), an investment services organization that will be combined with Russell/Mellon's European operations.
December 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Median total compensation for outside directors of boards decreased this year from 2000 figures, chiefly due to stock market weakness, since many outside...
November 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pre-retirees may have neglected future concerns and are not doing enough now to prepare for retirement, according to Ernst & Young LLP Actuarial...
November 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The risk levels of the £1 billion Unilever portfolio weren't monitored on a regular basis by the head of the equities team at...
November 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frost Bank has established Frost Securities Lending, a new division that facilitates transactions for institutional investors and plan sponsors, providing an opportunity to...
November 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon HR Solutions has acquired the training process outsourcing (TPO) business of Franklin Covey, a Utah-based training and consulting services organization.
November 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Blaming rising health care costs and corporate officials more focused on a traditional benefits package, Prudential Financial is shutting down its WorkingSolutions voluntary...
November 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Xerox Corp.'s predicts its 2003 pension expense will jump by $150 million over 2002 and its cash funding requirements to jump by $50...
November 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board indicated it would add disclosure requirements to its pending set of rules on consolidations of special-purpose entities (SPE).
August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Five of this year's top performing mutual funds are profiting from short selling strategies because of the still struggling markets, Standard & Poor's...
August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Individual investors may be fleeing equities for the safe harbor offered by bonds and cash, but many pension funds are headed in the...
August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the latest of a string of black marks against a troubled Pittsburgh investment manager, the Retirement Board of Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) is...
August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett thinks corporate managements got swept up in the exuberant late 1990s bull market, leading them to forecast gains on...
August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With increasing numbers of companies announcing they would now voluntarily expense employee stock options, the nation's accounting standards board has agreed to help...