Administration

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The City of Miami Fire Fighters’ and Police Officer’s Retirement Trust has responded to an auditor’s report saying that adequate internal controls were...

September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Slumping stock markets and a decline in the discount rate for Aa corporate bonds in August combined to send the funded status of...

September 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has proposed a sweeping public employee pension and health care benefit reform package in an effort to deal...

September 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The next 10 years should bring a 66% increase to the global retirement market despite the effects of the current worldwide financial crisis,...

September 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a report about its probe into Moody's Investors Service (MIS) that cautions credit rating agencies...

September 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted a temporary rule requiring municipal advisers to register with the SEC by October 1.

September 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF) has lowered its assumed investment return rate from 8% to 7.5% as part of a...

September 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Market conditions are now providing opportunities for private equity managers and their investors in selective areas of the market, according to new research...

September 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. pension plan funded positions have fallen to historic lows during August because of simultaneously falling equity markets and interest rates, according to...

September 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update intended to increase transparency in financial reporting about entities that...

September 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Q210 survey of private company executives finds 54% planning to add staff over the next year – up slightly from the previous...

August 31, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) board member invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 126 times when questioned in connection...

August 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A judge has moved forward claims against Bank of America (BofA) Corp., certain officers, and directors that they concealed intended bonuses and losses...

August 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Japan's public pension fund, the world's largest, with $1.4 trillion in assets, posted its first negative return in five quarters during April-June, Reuters...

August 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Although half of households feel they need more life insurance, ownership of individual life insurance has hit a 50-year low, according to a...

August 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Los Angeles-based law firm has launched an ERISA-based fiduciary investigation of Northern Trust.

 

August 26, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An auditor’s report has concluded that the internal controls policies and procedures in place at City of Miami pension funds, Employee Relations, and...

August 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted changes to the federal proxy and other rules to facilitate the rights of shareholders to nominate...

August 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – If the state of Illinois does not make its pension contributions this year, the state’s five major public pension systems say they will...

August 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – With the renewed emphasis on investment risk management and portfolio diversification driven by the down economy, Cerulli Associates predicts international/global fixed income will...