An investigation of the South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission finds no criminal conduct or wrongdoing.

The New Jersey Division of Investments plans to move as much as $500 million into its high-yield portfolio in 2014.

Add Maryland and Massachusetts to the list of states posting double-digit growth in pension funds for fiscal 2013.

The new approach would allow plan sponsors to pay their premium just once a year, 9 months after the start of a plan year.

Given improving economic conditions, many companies are beefing up ESPP options, boosting employee benefit plans.

Plan sponsors can reset the deadline by as much as six months.

Lobbying expenses for the Financial Industry Regulation Authority came to $450,000 in the first half of 2013, $100,000 less than it spent during the same period of 2012.

The rule would require reporting CEO compensation as a multiple of median-worker pay.