Administration

August 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many Americans hold serious reservations about investing in the stock and bond markets, according to a recent COUNTRY Financial Security Index survey on...

August 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Insurance general account assets are trending towards expanded use of alternative investments, says new Cerulli Associates research, accelerated by an anticipated rise in...

August 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Long-term funds of all types attracted $30 billion in July, lifting year-to-date net inflows to $293 billion, according to Strategic Insight (SI), an...

August 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the largest corporate defined benefit (DB) pension plans decreased by $5 billion during July, according to data from Milliman,...

August 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The need for transition management services depends on the size and liquidity of the assets, as well as investment strategies of fund managers.

August 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Although pension funding stabilization will ease financial constraints on defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors in the near term, it may place a heavier...

August 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional plan sponsors gained almost 4% in the second quarter at the median, nearly doubling gains achieved during the first quarter, according to...

August 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges of securities fraud against the state of Kansas related to municipal bond offerings.

August 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If defined benefit plan sponsors start a pension risk transfer process with the wrong assumptions, information or consulting team, they may end up...

August 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The median return of the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe was 3.74% for the second quarter of 2014, which is the fourth...

August 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Large retirement plans outperformed small plans in the second quarter of 2014.

August 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – State pension systems earned a median 7.2% annualized return over the 10 years ended June 30, 2013, with individual pension fund returns ranging...

August 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The aggregate funded ratio for U.S. corporate pension plans fell to 86% during the month of July, according to Wilshire Consulting.

August 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While much time is spent selecting investment managers, not nearly enough time is spent in establishing a processing for terminating such managers, says...

August 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) announced a $500 million global infrastructure partnership with UBS Global Asset Management (UBS).

August 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pension deficits for companies on the S&P 1500 Index remain above year-end 2013 levels, following a drop in equity markets and a minor interest rate...

August 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of U.S. corporate pension plans declined in July to 90.8%, according to BNY Mellon’s Investment Strategy and Solutions Group (ISSG).

August 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) does not require retirement plan sponsors to have an investment policy statement (IPS) for their...

July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The $476.8 billion in public and private defined benefit (DB) pension plan payments in 2012 supported $943.3 billion dollars in overall economic output...

July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Interest in specific investment outcomes is likely to drive continued institutional exchange-traded fund (ETF) adoption, according to Cerulli Associates.