Denver Water has issued a request for proposals for a retirement plan administrator and custodian for its $64 million 401(k) and 457 plans.
The City of Oakland, Calif., is sorting through bids from consultants for its $270 million deferred compensation plans.
United Technologies Corporation has selected Hewitt Associates as the recordkeeper for its approximately $14 billion 401(k) plan, replacing Fidelity Investments, according to a source familiar with the search process.
The City of Longmont, Colo., is seeking an investment consultant for its $48.6 million defined contribution plan.
Arizona State Retirement System has selected TIAA-CREF as the single provider for its newly launched 457(b) and 403(b) supplemental voluntary retirement plans available for non-state employees.
Staples has issued a request for proposals for a provider for its more than $510 million 401(k) plan, according to a source familiar with the search process.
The Eugene (Ore.) Water & Electric Board has selected ICMA-RC as the provider for its 506-life $30 million 457 plan, replacing The Hartford.
The Alabama State Treasury has selected Union Bank & Trust Company as program manager for its $663 million CollegeCounts 529 Plan, replacing Van Kampen Investments.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch is unveiling a 401(k) tool designed to monitor and score the financial wellness of plans that use the recordkeeping services of the firm.
The New Mexico Public Employees Retirement Association is searching for a global real estate manager and emerging market equity manager for its $317 million deferred compensation plan.
The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System is seeking an investment manager to manage passive components for its $355 million Defined Contribution Target Date Program. Bids are due March 5.
The Montana Board of Regents of Higher Education is preparing for an overhaul of the fund lineup in its $250 million Montana Family Education Savings Program as its relationship with Pacific Life Funds, the current investment manager of the state’s 529 College Savings Plan, comes to an end.
The Orange County (Calif.) Transportation Authority is searching for a provider for its $58 million 457 and 401(a) plans.
Mentor Graphics has hired Fidelity Investments for its $400 million 401(k) plan, replacing Charles Schwab.
Synopsys hired Fidelity Investments for its $70 million non-qualified executive deferred compensation plan, replacing MullenTBG, a business unit of Prudential Retirement as of September 2008.
The Tuition Plan Consortium has hired OFI Private Investments, a subsidiary of Oppenheimer Funds, for its $150 million Independent 529 Plan, replacing TIAA-CREF.
The City of San Jose, Calif., has hired Buck Consulting for its $472 million defined contribution plans, dropping SST Benefits Consulting & Insurance Services.
Symantec Corporation has tapped T.Rowe Price target-date fund family for its $700 million 401(k) plan.
Prince William County Public Schools on Feb. 19 issued a request for proposals for its $306.3 million 403(b) and 457 plans.
The City of Bellevue is sorting through bids from bundled providers for its $29 million, 457 deferred compensation plan.
The Department of Higher Education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is evaluating providers for its $311 million Optional Retirement Program and plans to make a decision by May.
Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis has selected VALIC as its 403(b) and 457(b) plan provider for school districts in its investment cooperative.
The Department of Retirement Systems for the state of Washington is in final stages of its search for third-party recordkeeper services for its $7 billion 457 and 401(a) plans.
Roche Bros. Supermarkets has selected Diversified Investment Advisors to provide bundled recordkeeping services for its $93 million 401(k) plan, replacing New York Life Retirement Plan Services.
The City of Tacoma, Wash. is preparing to issue a request for proposals for provider for its $200 million deferred compensation plan.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has made multiple fund moves in its $2.5 billion 16,457-life 401(k) plan, shifting from Fidelity Investments to The Vanguard Group and PIMCO.
Northwest Natural Gas plans to issue a search for provider for its $130 million 401(k) plan in the coming months.
South Carolina Retirement Systems is searching for a provider for its $605 million 401(a) plan.
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation is currently considering bids from The Vanguard Group and its incumbent Merrill Lynch to be the provider for its $70 million 401(k) plan.
The Illinois Student Assistance Commission has issued a request for proposals for a large-cap international equity manager for its $1.4 billion College Illinois 529 Prepaid Tuition Program.
North Carolina Baptist Hospital selected Diversified Investment Advisors to administer its 403(b) and 457(b) plans with $208 million in combined assets, dropping VALIC from the plan.
United Association Local No. 614 has selected MassMutual Retirement Services as the new provider for its $51 million Taft-Hartley retirement plan.
College Savings Plan of Nebraska has selected First National Bank of Omaha as the new manager of its $1.5 billion 529 plan, replacing Union Bank & Trust Company of Lincoln.
The State of Tennessee Treasury Department is preparing to finalize vendor selection for investment and administrative services for its $82 million 401(a) plan.
The Municipal Employees' Benefit Trust is seeking a general plan consultant for its $449.6 million 5,000-life 401(a) plan
Arlington County School Board has delayed awarding a registered investment advisor for its defined contribution plans.
The Regional Transportation Authority of Illinois is searching for a provider for its $91 million 401(k) plan.
The Port of Seattle plans to issue an administrator request for proposals for its $90 million deferred compensation plans.
The Municipal Employees’ Benefit Trust is seeking an investment advisor and general plan consultant for its $449.6 million 5,000-life 401(a) plan.
University of New Mexico Hospitals has closed bids on a request for proposals for an administrator and fund sponsors for its defined contribution program with combined assets of $108 million.
The City Of Valdez, Alaska, this week will close bidding on a request for proposals for a deferred compensation investment provider.
Snohomish County, Wash., Public Utility District #1 is searching for a consultant to provide investment consulting services for its 401(k), 457, and 401(a) plans with combined assets of $72.8 million.
The City of Seattle is preparing an investment advisor search followed by a provider search in 2010.
State of New Hampshire Deferred Compensation has dropped ING U.S. Retirement Services as its recordkeeper and investment manager for the $170 million 457 plan, replacing the provider with Great-West Retirement Services.
Diversified Investment Advisors will provide administrative services for the $100 million 401(k) plan for The Dispatch Printing Company and the $16 million 403(b) and 457(b) plans for Self Regional Hospital, both newly acquired contracts for the firm.
Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools is searching for a single firm to offer administrative, recordkeeping, and investment custodial services for its 403(b) and 457(b) deferred compensation plans with $32.6 million in combined assets.
Ironworkers District Council of Southern Ohio & Vicinity Annuity Trust tapped MassMutual Retirement Services as the new bundled provider for its $243 million defined contribution Taft-Hartley plan, replacing the incumbent, Putnam Investments.
The City of St. Louis has closed the bidding period for a deferred compensation consultant for its $156 million 457 plan.
The City of Missoula (Mont.) is looking to consolidate three providers into one for its 457 plan. Nationwide Retirement Solutions, VALIC and ICMA-RC are currently on the roster.
The City of Eugene (Oregon) has tapped the Hyas Group as the new consultant for its $64 million deferred compensation plan.
The City of Phoenix is preparing to replace its $24.5 million Turner Mid-Cap Value fund.
The City of Jacksonville, Fla., has consolidated providers, dropping VALIC and retaining Great-West Retirement for its 457 and newly launched 401(a) plan.
Arizona State Retirement System has submitted a request for proposals for a 457 and 403(b) provider to offer a Supplemental Salary Deferral Program to approximately 180,000 eligible participants, consisting of education, county, and municipal employees.
Richmond Public Schools has issued a request for proposals for an investment consultant to assist with the development of an RFP for provider.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York has chosen Diversified Investment Advisors for its 403(b) plan, consolidating from five plan providers down to one.
The Port of Seattle next week will begin finalist interviews for a consultant for its $90 million deferred compensation plans.
The City of Eugene, Ore., has closed its bidding for a deferred compensation consultant for its $64 million plan Oct. 20.
The 529 provider contract that keeps AllianceBernstein and Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority on exclusive terms for the $6.9 billion Rhode Island CollegeBound Fund expires summer of 2010.
Hanover County (Va.) has opened a request for proposals for a financial advisor for the 457(b), 401(a) and 403(b) plans.
The City of Torrance (Calif.) has selected Great-West Retirement Services and ICMA-RC as finalists for the 457(b), 401(a), and part time 3121 plan with combined assets of $107 million.