MD Pension System Posts 20% FY Return
July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Maryland State Retirement and Pension System's portfolio returned 20.04% on investments for the fiscal year that just ended June 30, 2011.
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Segal Offers Suggestions on Inflation Protection
July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While there are a number of strategies for combating asset-value erosion from inflation, each has strengths and weaknesses.
TABB Offers Insights for Transition Managers
July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a survey of 105 public and private pension funds, endowments and foundations across the United States and Canada, nearly 40% of the...
Adviser Clients Need More Info on Global Investing
July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors who work with a financial adviser are more likely than those who don’t to think of global investing as an important strategy...
Canadian Pensions See Slight Gain in Q2 2011
July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faltering global equity markets largely erased fixed income advances during the June quarter, according to a survey of Canadian pension plans and money...
Americans Choose Risky Times to Retire
July 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new University of Missouri study, sponsored by Prudential Financial, finds that Americans are more likely to retire after periods of strong equity...
New Rules Could Lead to More Pre-funded Retirement Plans in South Korea
July 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to a Towers Watson global news brief, in June, South Korea issued the first significant amendment to the Employee Retirement Benefit Security...
CalSTRS Posts Best Investment Return in 25 Years
July 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) investment portfolio posted a 23.1% return, the highest in 25 years, to mark the end of...
CalPERS Sees Best Performance in 14 Years
July 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) reported a 20.7% return on investments in preliminary estimates for the one-year period that ended June...
Core/Satellite Strategy a Good Start in ETF Investing
July 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Use of the core/satellite investment strategy has helped drive the growth of ETFs, according to a new study.
Pension Funding Ticks Down in Q2
July 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - During Q2 2011, the funded status of the model plan analyzed by Sibson and Segal Advisors declined from 87% to 86%.
CFOs Concerned About Growth, Survey Finds
July 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Deloitte CFO Signals survey for the second quarter of 2011 found that chief financial officers (CFOs) are becoming increasingly concerned about factors...
CFOs Concerned About Growth, Survey Finds
July 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Deloitte CFO Signals survey for the second quarter of 2011 found that chief financial officers (CFOs) are becoming increasingly concerned about factors...
Fiduciary Services not Top of Focus in Looking for Providers
July 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although regulatory changes to fiduciary responsibilities and disclosures loom on the horizon, plan sponsors of all sizes say that strong fiduciary support services...
Canadian Pension Plans Lose Ground in Q2
July 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After gaining ground in the previous three consecutive quarters, many Canadian pension plans suffered moderate losses in the second quarter of 2011 as...
U.S. Pension Plans Chip Away at Deficits in June
July 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $15 billion during June, from a deficit of...
PwC Finds Drop in Pension Discount Rates, Projected Returns
July 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report finds a drop in pension and OPEB discount rates, while the median expected long-term rate of return...
PSNC 2011: Committeed Relationships
July 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Deciding what investments should be included in a retirement plan’s menu and monitoring those investments is a huge amount of risk and liability...
GASB Makes Pension Reporting Proposals
July 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued two Exposure Drafts proposing what it termed “improvements to financial reporting of...
Pension Liabilities To Be Highlighted Under Proposed GASB Rules
July 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released proposed new accounting rules for public pension plans.