Administration

November 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new issue brief examines approaches for selecting discount rates when measuring pension obligations.

November 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A paper published in The Journal of Retirement argues that asset-allocation glide paths popularized in target-date funds (TDFs) fail to deliver superior end-point...

November 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) will receive about $261 million in damages from J.P. Morgan Chase & Company following a joint...

November 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new research paper shows the impact of using a mark-to-market accounting method for valuing pension liabilities will have a negligible effect on...

November 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The American Benefits Council wants to clarify possible misconceptions surrounding deficit information from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).

November 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The state pension fund in Colorado lowered its long-term investment return expectations from 8% to 7.5%.

November 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Various union workers have filed a lawsuit against the city of Atlanta regarding pension reform measures.

November 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The value of the Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index increased during October.

November 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study shows that the funded ratios for public pension plans have fallen over the last year.

November 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined benefit pension plans that are less funded invest more aggressively, according to an analysis by Towers Watson.

November 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Washington, D.C. has the strongest-funded city pension plan and Chicago has the weakest one, according to a new report.

November 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More U.S. companies are formalizing plans to de-risk their defined benefit (DB) plans.

November 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index shows that for October, the corporate pension funded ratio rose above 91% for the second straight month.

November 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The median return of the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe for the third quarter was 4.47%.

November 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The endowment returns of U.S. colleges and universities show an improvement from last year.

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Returns for target-date and target-risk funds were around 5% for the third quarter, according to Morningstar, Inc.

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There has been much discussion about moving away from fixed income investments as a response to rising interest rates, but this may not...

November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Funding for pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies remained stable during October, with a funded ratio of 91% at month’s end, said...

November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional investment plans showed good performance in the third quarter, returning 4.4% at the median, according to data from the Northern Trust Universe.

November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Double digit extended U.S. and international equity returns powered the third quarter for all institutional plan types, with 98% of asset owners seeing...