July 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a reprieve from what many pension officials felt was a draconian accounting rule, the UK Accounting Standards Board (ASB) is expected to...
June 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Goldman Sachs may change the structure of the fees it charges institutional clients, such as pension fund managers, who trade in Nasdaq stocks.
June 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House of Representatives voted 404-22, to reduce fees charged for stock transactions, a measure that would save investors about $14 billion over...
June 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 1% of retirement savers got full marks in an annual quiz on 401(k) plans, which comprised questions ranging from benefits of 401(k)...
May 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) has called on Congress to extend the moratorium on new Internet sales taxes until 2005, arguing that...
May 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In its latest efficiency move, Dutch financial services group ING is merging aspects of its US asset management business into a new unit.
May 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Public Employees' Retirement System's (CalPERS)Board of Administration is making investments close to home, hiring 11 venture capital and private equity firms to...
April 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Another UK employer group has come out in opposition to Financial Reporting Standard 17 (FRS17), the new UK accounting regulation on how companies...
April 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the second time in as many days, a significant number of shareholders registered their concern with large company retirement plan policies. On...
April 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mergers and acquisitions in the investment management industry hit record activity levels last year, but did so with much smaller deals, the latest...
April 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SuperMontage, the Nasdaq Stock Market's new trading system scheduled for a late July launch, will have the same execution fees as the current...
April 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the hope of corralling other institutional investors, the Florida State Board of Administration and the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System filed a...
March 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investors are pressing corporate governance measures on the other side of the "pond", encouraging British companies to put board pay agreements on...
January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? While a growing number of workers are eligible for pension plans, the percentage opting to participate is declining, according to new research by...
January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadians will make few changes to their retirement saving plans in the RRSP season, according to a poll by Manulife Financial.
January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In 2001 dividend payments on the S&P 500 index fell by 3.3% - the largest decline since a 4.1% drop in 1951, according...
January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Public pension funds are becoming increasingly aggressive on the securities litigation front - with the Florida State Board of Administration (FSBA) at the...