Administration

February 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Trustees of most multi-employer pension plans, including those with “green zone” status, may want to consider the use of pension funding relief, as...

February 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS) has announced that his complaint against JPMorgan Chase & Co.,...

February 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan climbed 3.3 percentage points higher to 87.6% in January, according to monthly statistics...

February 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged TD Ameritrade Inc. for failing to reasonably supervise its registered representatives, some of whom misled...

February 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged three AXA Rosenberg entities with securities fraud for concealing a significant error in the computer...

February 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the past year, the mutual fund industry has benefited from slowly rebuilding investor confidence and rising stock prices, rapid fund innovation, and...

February 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $45 billion during January, from approximately $315 billion...

February 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors looking  for some more information about their money market fund investments now have it.  

 

January 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sixty-two percent of investors changed their approach to investing in the aftermath of the 2008-2009 economic recession , according to a new survey...

January 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Data gathered from 850 U.S. colleges, universities and affiliated foundations participating in the 2010 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments (NCSE) show that these institutions’...

January 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Quaestus Capital LLC, a newly formed private equity firm, has announced its investment strategy focused on the emerging asset management sector.

January 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Moody’s Investors Service has begun to recalculate the states’ debt burdens in a way that includes unfunded pensions.

January 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New congressional projections show Social Security running deficits every year until its trust funds are eventually drained in about 2037.

January 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System’s (MOSERS) investment portfolio generated a net return of 16% for the 2010 calendar year, ending the year...

January 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The State Street Investor Confidence Index for January 2011 shows that globally, investor confidence fell 3.3 points from December’s revised reading of 104.2...

January 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an inquiry into public statements by Illinois officials about the state's underfunded pension fund, the Wall...

January 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Maryland State Retirement Agency reported that the state pension system's portfolio returned 14.3% on investments as of December 31, 2010, the midpoint...

January 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Verizon Communications Inc. has adopted a new policy that changes the method of accounting for pensions and other post-employment benefits (OPEB).

January 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Board of Directors of Alcoa authorized a contribution of up to $600 million in Alcoa common stock to the company’s defined benefit pension...

January 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The number of securities lawsuits filed in 2010 edged above the record number filed in 2009, according to the latest quarterly review of...