Administration

January 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Policy makers are working behind the scenes to come up with a way to let states declare bankruptcy and get out from under...

January 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) earned a 12.5% net return on investments for the 2010 calendar year.

January 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Domestic hiring expectations are essentially unchanged this quarter with an expected 1.8% year-over-year gain, according to a new Deloitte survey of CFOs.

January 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment portfolio returns for the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) ended 2010 posting a 12.7% return and boosting market values to levels...

January 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey finds that more than 70% of institutions expect alternatives to account for more than 10% of their portfolios over the...

January 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The McClatchy Company, a newspaper chain, has contributed $49.6 million worth of real estate to its defined benefit plan to satisfy virtually its...

January 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Schwab Charitable, a national donor-advised fund organization, enjoyed donor contributions that more than doubled in 2010 over 2009.

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Older investors’ trust in financial services institutions and advisers appears to have dropped to a new low over the past nine months, according...

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional investment managers expect global inflation to increase and interest rates to rise in the coming months as economic growth accelerates and corporate...

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New findings from a recent Charles Schwab survey indicate that men look to others less for financial help and also report making more...

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF) has settled a securities fraud law suit against Merrill Lynch for $4.25 million.

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund reported that its donors supported charities in record numbers in 2010.

January 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a new analysis from Aon Hewitt, global pension funding levels ended the year slightly up, despite a roller coaster year. 

January 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In response to a January 10, 2010, Wall Street Journal article by former New York City schools chief Joel Klein, the National Council...

January 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – AT&T announced it has changed its method of recognizing actuarial gains and losses for pension and other postretirement benefits.

January 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Charles Schwab has urged regulators to focus on other parties in the nation’s recent mortgage meltdown after the firm reached a $136-million regulator...

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Charles Schwab on Tuesday agreed to pay more than $136 million to settle charges of wrongdoing in connection with the marketing of its...

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – If money market mutual funds (MMFs) are required to shift to a floating net asset value (NAV) reporting structure, as some policy makers...

January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In December, plans in the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index experienced asset increases of $24 billion and liability decreases of $20 billion, resulting...

January 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Findley Davies has released its new Pension Indicator online resource.