CO PERA Wants Increased Oversight of Rating Agencies
May 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association is encouraging Congress to support the Security and Exchange...
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Paychex Answers Small Business Questions on Stimulus Concerns
April 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New tax withholding tables and COBRA changes as a result of the American Recovery and...
GASB Wants to Know What You Think
April 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued an Invitation to Comment (ITC) on Pension...
FASB Relaxes Inactive Market Rules on Mark-to-Market Valuation
April 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Under heavy Congressional pressure, the nation's accounting-standards board on Thursday approved new relaxed guidelines for...
New Withholding Tables Apply to Pension Distributions
March 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has confirmed that the newly released withholding tables that incorporate...
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Americans Not Plugging Tax Refunds Back into Economy
March 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The lion's share of Americans in a recent poll won't be spending their tax refund...
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Citi Enhances Services to Help with FAS 157 Reporting
March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citi has enhanced its custody and investor services capabilities with new online reporting functionality to...
FASB Kicks Off Fair Value Study
February 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) announced it has kicked off two projects aimed at...
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Northern Trust Enhances FAS 157 Toolkit
February 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has announced additions to its "FAS 157 toolkit" to make it easier for...
Corporate Inefficiency Allegations Not Protected by SOX
February 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has rebuffed efforts by a former Staples, Inc. employee to...
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Principal Toolkit Aids Sponsors with Disclosures
January 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has unveiled new tools to help plan sponsors comply with new...
GM Settles with SEC over Pension Accounting Charges
January 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors Corp. and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reached a settlement Thursday over...
SEI Provides Guidance on FAS 87 Disclosure Assumptions
December 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite current market conditions and returns for 2008, plan sponsors should not drastically adjust Return...
IRS Warns Business Funding Solution ROBS Retirement Plans
November 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released a memo warning businesses that funding your business...
Women Business Owners Optimistic about '09 Revenue Growth
November 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey finds women business owners optimistic about revenue growth in 2009, but more...
Companies Consider Captives to Fund Employee Benefits
November 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sixty percent of organizations with captive insurance facilities are considering or have considered using their...
FASB Approves Stricter Pension Asset Valuation Rules
October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has voted to require that employers provide extensive information...
Actuary Group Seeks Pension Plan Accounting Valuation
October 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Washington, D.C.-based American Academy of Actuaries' board of directors has asked the Actuarial Standards...
FASB Provides Guidance on Valuing Assets in an 'Inactive Market'
October 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Accounting rules standards maker Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued a staff guidance document...
FASB, SEC Pondering Clarity for FAS 157
September 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), which sets U.S. accounting rules, is conferring with the...