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- News briefs.(investigations of Securities and Exchange Commission)(laws and rules of pension funds)(management of pension funds)
- SEC conducts inquiry into N.J. pension funds TRENTON, N.J. - The SEC is investigating the New Jersey pension system, according to a statement released by the state Treasury Department's division of pensions and benefits, which oversees the $81 bil SEC conducts inquiry into...
- Research articles 2007-06-11
- SEC under pressure on board nominations.
- The heads of five US public pension funds have challenged the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission to make it easier for shareholders to name their own candidates to company boards.The five pension fund managers told William Donalds The heads of five US public...
- Research articles 2003-03-26
- Footnotes aren't enough: SEC wants firms to flag drops in pension income; Accountants told they should alert investors to significant declines, reveal increased liabilities.(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON - As if companies don't already have enough bad news to give investors, the SEC is now asking them to come clean on the extent to which their pension funds are dragging earnings. SEC officials, in informal discussions with members of the WASHINGTON...
- Research articles 2002-02-04
- SEC tells corporates to rethink their pension fund disclosure.
- Byline: Jeremy Adams in New York Byline: Jeremy Adams in New York
- Research articles 2003-02-09
- Governance: Activists take new paths for proxy season; Majority vote latest tactic in arsenal of shareholders.( )
- Byline: Barry B. Burr With the Securities and Exchange Commission's shareholder proxy access proposal essentially dead, pension funds are taking different tactics to assert more influence in director elections. The $527 million United Brotherhoo Byline: Barry B. Burr ...
- Research articles 2005-03-21
- Heads up.
- What if the SEC issued an accounting directive and some major corporations sloughed it off? What if the SEC appears to have shrugged it off as well? That reaction appears to have happened at a few big corporations this year when it came to...
- Research articles 2000-05-01
- News Briefs: DaimlerChrysler to pay four pension funds $300 million in `proxy fraud' settlement.(Briefs)
- WILMINGTON, Del. - DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, Germany, will pay a total of $300 million to four public pension funds, including the $92 billion Florida Board of Administration, Tallahassee, to settle a federal class-action suit that claimed the a WILMINGTON, Del. - DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, Germany, will...
- Research articles 2003-09-01
- SEC focuses on pension funds' unrealistic assumptions
- Almost half of the nation's 100 largest corporate pension funds continue to make aggressive asset performance assumptions, even as investment markets batter their portfolios, according to recent analysis from benefit consultant Milliman USA. Almost half of the nation's 100 largest corporate pension funds continue to make aggressive asset performance...
- Research articles 2003-06-15
- Closer look: Pension funds take a tough stance in consultant dealings; Independent audits, more detailed RFPs are among steps taken because of SEC's inquiry.(News)(Request for proposal and Securities and Exchange Commission)
- Byline: Vineeta Anand The SEC's investigation of investment consultants has prompted some pension funds to hire independent firms to audit their consultants, and others to put the incumbent on the hot seat during consultant searches. Independen Byline: Vineeta Anand ...
- Research articles 2004-06-28
- At Deadline.
- Houston firm closes Beutel Goodman Capital Management in Houston is closing. The firm managed $886 million as of Dec. 31, $495 million of which was for U.S. institutional, tax-exempt clients. The closure will not affect its sister company in T...
- Research articles 2000-05-01
- Funds raise global warming alarm to SEC; Pension leaders link investment risk with enviro concern.(News)(Securities & Exchange Commission)
- Byline: Elizabeth Thompson Beckley Leaders of 13 major pension funds are calling on the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission to issue guidance on the enforcement of existing rules that they say include disclosure of the financial risks o ...
- Research articles 2004-04-26
- Courting watchdogs.(Editorial)
- There's a whole lot of lawyering going on. It may make some trial lawyers rich, but ultimately it might improve pension fund governance. In September, participants filed separate lawsuits over 401k fees against nine major companies, including Bo There's a whole lot of...
- Research articles 2006-10-30
- SEC push: Funds turn up heat on consultants and managers to detail compensation deals.(News)(Securities and Exchange Commission)
- Byline: Vineeta Anand WASHINGTON - Now that the SEC is probing investment management consultants, pension funds are establishing lists of new, harder questions to ask their consultants and managers. And their attorneys are going even further, pr Byline: Vineeta Anand ...
- Research articles 2004-03-08
- SEC: Ban pay-for-play.(plans to ban investment advisors from making political contributions in return for public pension fund contracts)
- The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed banning investment advisers from making political contributions in return for public pension fund contracts. Comments ... The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed banning investment advisers from making political contributions in return for public pension fund...
- Research articles 1999-08-09
- SEC probes manager on diversion of $10.7 million.(Regulation)(Securities and Exchange Commission)
- Byline: Paul Merrion CHICAGO - Court-appointed lawyers and forensic accountants are examining AA Capital Partners Inc. to determine how the small investment firm allegedly diverted more than $10.7 million from pension fund clients to cover its los Byline: Paul Merrion ...
- Research articles 2006-10-02
- At Deadline; CalPERS to open pools.(Late News)
- CalPERS' staff proposed selecting Barclays Global Investors, Baring Asset Management and JPMorgan for a new enhanced index international equity pool. Staff of the $183.6 billion pension fund also proposed that Alliance Capital, PanAgora Asset Managem CalPERS' staff proposed selecting Barclays Global Investors, Baring Asset Management...
- Research articles 2005-04-18
- 9% `CEILING': SEC will challenge some return assumptions; Companies might have to refigure their financials, reduce pension funds' long-term rates.(Securities and Exchange Commission regualtion intentions )
- Byline: Vineeta Anand WASHINGTON - The SEC intends to challenge corporations with pension funds that assume long-term rates of return of 9% or higher. The SEC's pronouncement could force some companies to redo their annual filings if the regulat Byline: Vineeta...
- Research articles 2003-02-03
- REGULATORY WRESTLING.
- The Securities and Exchange Commission is wrestling with one of the most complex problems in investment management regulation: How to ensure money management firms do not buy business from public pension funds through political contributions. It soun The Securities and Exchange Commission is wrestling with one...
- Research articles 1999-08-23
- News Briefs: Companies make contributions to pension funds.(News Briefs)
- Several corporations announced recent contributions to their pension funds. * International Business Machines Corp., White Plains, N.Y., expects to contribute between $430 million and $583 million to its non-U.S. pension plans before the end of th Several corporations announced recent contributions to their...
- Research articles 2005-10-31
- Maceo Sloan believes an SEC proposal would have a "chilling effect" on minority public officials.
- Minority politicians could be hardest hit if the SEC adopts so-called ``pay-to-play'' rules. The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed prohibiting a money manager from taking investment management fees from a public pension fund client Minority politicians could be hardest hit...
- Research articles 1999-08-09
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